ossĭcŭlum — Lewis & Short
ossĭcŭlum, i, n.dim.2. os,
I a small bone, ossicle (post-Aug.), Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 134; Gell. 6, 1, 10:
MEA (al. OSSVCVLA),Inscr. Fabr. p. 420, n. 381.
The corpus record — Latin
ossiculum
ossiculum · n
a small bone
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Where it lives
- Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
- Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ossicula Ausonius, Cento Nuptialis praef.pr.p4
- ossiculo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.5.p3
- ossiculo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.7.p2
- ossicula Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.19.p1
- ossiculo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.3.p2
- ossicula Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p9
6 of 7 attestations shown.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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