ὀστέον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁. Cognates include Latin os, Sanskrit अस्थि (ásthi), Old Armenian ոսկր (oskr), and Albanian asht.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὀστέον • (ostéon) n (genitive ὀστέου); second declension

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (figuratively) bones of the earth: rock
  3. stone of fruit

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὀστέον; τοῦ ὀστέου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὀστέον
tò ostéon 		τὼ ὀστέω
tṑ ostéō 		τᾰ̀ ὀστέᾰ
tằ ostéă
Genitive τοῦ ὀστέου
toû ostéou 		τοῖν ὀστέοιν
toîn ostéoin 		τῶν ὀστέων
tôn ostéōn
Dative τῷ ὀστέῳ
tōî ostéōi 		τοῖν ὀστέοιν
toîn ostéoin 		τοῖς ὀστέοις
toîs ostéois
Accusative τὸ ὀστέον
tò ostéon 		τὼ ὀστέω
tṑ ostéō 		τᾰ̀ ὀστέᾰ
tằ ostéă
Vocative ὀστέον
ostéon 		ὀστέω
ostéō 		ὀστέᾰ
ostéă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: οστό (ostó)

Further reading

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