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

Ejus ossa refodi jusserat Maria et sterquilinio ut par erat condi.

From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest

Filii Dei sumus quod naturalis Dei Filius sibi corpus ex corpore nostro, carnem ex carne nostra ossa ex ossibus nostris composuit ut idem nobiscum esset.

From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay

L, pelvis or "ossa innominata" ilium, ischium, and pubes anchylosed;

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

Scilicet et tempus veniet, cum finibus illis Agricola, incurvo terram molitus aratro, 495 Exesa inveniet scabra robigine pila, Aut gravibus rastris galeas pulsabit inanes, Grandiaque effossis mirabitur ossa sepulchris.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund