ossum

Latin

Etymology

Popular variant of os (see there for descendants).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.sum/, [ˈɔs̠ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.sum/, [ˈɔsːum]

Noun

ossum n (genitive ossī); second declension

1. bone (dead)
2. kernel, stone (of a nut, fruit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ossum	ossa
Genitive	ossī	ossōrum
Dative	ossō	ossīs
Accusative	ossum	ossa
Ablative	ossō	ossīs
Vocative	ossum	ossa

References

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

Old Norse

Determiner

ossum

1. inflection of várr:
   1. masculine dative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter dative plural