ossa

¹ American  

[os-uh] / ˈɒs ə /

noun

1. plural of os.

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Ossa ² American  

[os-uh] / ˈɒs ə /

noun

1. a mountain in E Greece, in Thessaly. 6,490 feet (1,978 meters).

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Ossa ¹ British  

/ ˈɒsə /

noun

1. a mountain in NE Greece, in E Thessaly: famous in mythology for the attempt of the twin giants, Otus and Ephialtes, to reach heaven by piling Ossa on Olympus and Pelion on Ossa. Height: 1978 m (6489 ft)

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ossa ² British  

/ ˈɒsə /

noun

1. the plural of os 2

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Example Sentences

An I.N.S. photographer found McCarthy propped up in bed in blue pajamas, swathed in bandages from his tuberositas deltoidea to his ossa metacarpalia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immeritos Dana�m casus, Priamique dolemus Funera, nec vel adhuc ossa quieta, senis?

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

Already at his entrance in Halle, one of the professors greeted the nineteen-year-old giant with the words, 'Quanta ossa!

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

“Exultabunt Domino ossa humiliata” arose the chant again, as the cortège defiled within the church.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram

Beneath is an inscription also now obliterated, but which Mr. Weir gives as follows:— p. 42Leonis fossa nunc hæc Dymoke capit ossa.

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway