exossus

exossis, e, and exossus, a, um, adj. [ex-ŏs], without bones, boneless (post-class.).

I.

Lit.:

cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis,

App. Mag. p. 300, 13.—

II.

Transf.

(α).

Pliant, limber, supple, yielding:

exossis plane et enervis,

App. Mag. p. 322, 1:

enervam et exossam saltationem explicat,

id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.—

(β).

Loose, negligent:

dictio,

Sid. Ep. 6, 18.