Ossaeus

Ossaeus
Ossa, ae, f. (m., Ov. M. 1, 155), = Ossa, a high mountain in Thessaly, now Kissovo, Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30:

ter sunt conati imponere Pelio Ossam,

Verg. G. 1, 281:

Ossan,

Ov. F. 1, 307.—Hence, Ossaeus, a, um, adj., Ossean:

saxa,

Verg. Cir. 33:

rupes,

Luc. 6, 334:

media,

Stat. Th. 2, 82:

Ossaei bimembres,

i. e. the Centaurs who dwell about Ossa, id. ib. 12, 554.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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