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

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

Corpora defunctorum exenternantes, et ea immaniter decoquentes, ut ossa a carnibus separata ferant sepelienda in terram suam, ipso facto sunt excommunicati.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

The angle of union of the ossa pubis in the male is from sixty to eighty degrees, whereas, in the female it is ninety degrees.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Walker, Alexander

Caput eius Antigono refertur, qui victoria mitius usus filium eius Helenum 5 cum Epirotis sibi deditum in regnum remisit, eique insepulti patris ossa in patriam referenda tradidit.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund