ὀστέον, τό,
Attic dialect contraction ὀστοῦν, poetry ὀστεῦν [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.480 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect perhaps ὄστιον [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Oxy.” 2081] Refs 7th c.BC+] (d)fragment 5: plural ὀστέα, Attic dialect contraction ὀστᾶ, late Epic dialect ὀστά [ᾰ] [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.268, epigram in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.63, “epigram Gr.” 517.7 (from Edessa)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Doric dialect ὀστία [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.61 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but Trag. and Comedy texts use genitive plural ὀστέων, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 367 (codices 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 769, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1226 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], and it is so written in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1177 where metre requires ὀστῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+]: and the un contraction forms generally occur in later Prose, as in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus (see. below); _nominative_ ὀστέον “PLit.Lond.” 167.17 (2nd-3rd c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; dative plural ὀστέοις [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 39 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Epic dialect genitive plural ὀστεόφιν (see. below):—bone, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.460, +others) and 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (“VC” 1, +others); 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in plural, [[ “Th.” 540, +others] Refs]; λεύκ᾽ ὀστέα the bleached bones of the dead, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.161, etc.; σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα 9.293 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολὺς δ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὀστεόφιν θίς a huge heap of bones around,[[ 12.45; ῥινὸν ἀπ᾽ ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι 14.134; γυμνοῦσι τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀστέων στέγαστρον, of the skin, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 367; ἀρχὴ τῶν ὀστῶν ἡ καλουμένη ῥάχις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 54b11 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially of the cranium, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 2, +others, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.185. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]