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, 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.se.us/, [ˈɔs̠ːeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.se.us/, [ˈɔsːeus]

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.