ossa

See also: Ossa

English

Noun

ossa

1. plural of os

Anagrams

• ASOs, SOAs, Sosa, so as

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin ossa.

Noun

ossa f (plural osses)

1. skeleton; the bones of an animal

   Synonyms: ossada, ossera

Etymology 2

Noun

ossa f (plural osses)

1. Alternative spelling of óssa
   • 2016 October 6, “Un home sobreviu a l'atac d'una ossa i mostra les ferides”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     La història d'un home nord-americà que va sobreviure a l'atac d'una ossa dissabte passat a prop de la localitat de Bozeman (Montana, EUA) s'ha convertit en l'últim fenomen viral a la xarxa.

     The story of an American man who survived an attack by a [she-]bear last Saturday near the town of Bozeman (Montana, USA) has become the latest viral phenomenon on the net.

Further reading

• “ossa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of osoite.

Noun

ossa

1. (colloquial) address

Anagrams

• saos

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Italian

Noun

ossa f

1. plural of osso

Anagrams

• asso

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ossa

1. nominative plural of os (bone)
2. accusative plural of os (bone)
3. vocative plural of os (bone)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ossa

1. nominative plural of ossum
2. accusative plural of ossum
3. vocative plural of ossum

References

• ossa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ossa”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “ossa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “ossa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “ossa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ursa, feminine of ursus (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈo.sa]

Noun

ossa f (plural ossas)

1. she-bear
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.

     Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ¬ della recibe la fuerça ¬ la uertud.

     And the start that is on the front ear of the Great Bear has power over this stone, and it receives its strength and virtue from it.

Derived terms

• Ossa Mayor (“Ursa Major, the Great Bear”)
• Ossa Menor (“Ursa Minor, the Little Bear”)

Related terms

• osso (“bear”)

Descendants

• Spanish: osa

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Romansch

Noun

l'ossa pl

1. (Sutsilvan) plural of oss