ὀστέον,τό, Att.
contr.
ὀστοῦν, poet.ὀστεῦν
AP 7.480 ( Leon. ); Aeol. perh.ὄστιον
Alc. Oxy. 2081 (
A. d)Fr.
5 : pl.ὀστέα, Att.
contr.
ὀστᾶ, late Ep.
ὀστά [ᾰ] Opp. C. 1.268 , Epigr.in D.L. 1.63 , Epigr.Gr. 517.7 (Edessa); Dor.
ὀστία
Theoc. 2.61
; but Trag. and Com. use gen. pl.ὀστέων, A. Fr. 367 (codd. Poll. ), S. Tr. 769 , Ar. Ach. 1226 , and it is so written in E. Tr. 1177 where metre requiresὀστῶν: and the un contr. forms generally occur in later Prose, as in Arist. (v. infr.); nom. ὀστέον
PLit.Lond. 167.17
(ii/iii A. D.); dat. pl. ὀστέοις