osseus

English

Adjective

osseus

  1. Misspelling of osseous.
    • 2015 August 23, Andreas Toepfer et al., “Bilateral diaphyseal bone cysts of the tibia mimicking shin splints in a young professional athlete—a case report and depiction of a less-invasive surgical technique”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders‎[1], volume 16, →DOI:
      A possible failure of prompt organization after intramedullary haemorrhage which interferes with the normal process of bony regeneration might be the initiating factor responsible for the production of that osseus cavity [ 15 ].

Latin

Etymology

os (“bone”) +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

Adjective

osseus (feminine ossea, neuter osseum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (attributive) bone
  2. bony, hard as bone

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative osseus ossea osseum osseī osseae ossea
genitive osseī osseae osseī osseōrum osseārum osseōrum
dative osseō osseae osseō osseīs
accusative osseum osseam osseum osseōs osseās ossea
ablative osseō osseā osseō osseīs
vocative ossee ossea osseum osseī osseae ossea

References

  • “osseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “osseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • osseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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