ossifragus

Latin

Etymology

From os (“bone”) + frangō (“break”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /osˈsi.fra.ɡus/, [ɔs̠ˈs̠ɪfräɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /osˈsi.fra.ɡus/, [osˈsiːfräɡus]

Adjective

ossifragus (feminine ossifraga, neuter ossifragum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bone-breaking

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ossifragus	ossifraga	ossifragum		ossifragī	ossifragae	ossifraga
Genitive	ossifragī	ossifragae	ossifragī		ossifragōrum	ossifragārum	ossifragōrum
Dative	ossifragō		ossifragō		ossifragīs
Accusative	ossifragum	ossifragam	ossifragum		ossifragōs	ossifragās	ossifraga
Ablative	ossifragō	ossifragā	ossifragō		ossifragīs
Vocative	ossifrage	ossifraga	ossifragum		ossifragī	ossifragae	ossifraga

Noun

ossifragus (osprey)

ossifragus m (genitive ossifragī); second declension

1. osprey, sea eagle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ossifragus	ossifragī
Genitive	ossifragī	ossifragōrum
Dative	ossifragō	ossifragīs
Accusative	ossifragum	ossifragōs
Ablative	ossifragō	ossifragīs
Vocative	ossifrage	ossifragī

Descendants

• → Catalan: ossífrag
• English: osprey
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: ossifrangens
  • Catalan: aufrany

References

• “ossifragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ossifragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.