Os
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Latin-English I.
os, ossis. (os) neut.
- A bone.
[Proto-Indo-European *(k)ost-.]
Loci
- αʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.208–9:
Latin-English II.
os, ōris. (os) neut.
- A mouth.
[Proto-Indo-European *ōs-.]
Loci
- αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.83:
| Halitus oris commanducata abolet alarumque vitia. | When chewed, it corrects breath and armpit odors. |
- βʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.174-176:
| īllĕ dĕ|dīt, quōd | nōn ănĭ|m(a) hāec Cȳc|lōpĭs ĭn | ōrā vēnĭt, ĕt | ūt iām | nūnc lū|mēn vī|tălĕ rĕ|līnquām, āut tŭmŭ|l(o) āut cēr|tē nōn | īllā | cōndăr ĭn | ālvō. |
It was him that made it so that this life of mine did not end up in the jaws of the Cyclops, and even now if I were to give up the light of life, then I would be laid, if not in a grave, at least not in its stomach. |
