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ossifragus

ossifragus · adj

bone-breaking

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

ossĭfrăgus — Lewis & Short

ossĭfrăgus, a, um, adj.2. os-frango,

I bone-breaking, Cass. Sev. ap. Sen. Contr. 5, 33.—

II Subst.: ossĭfrăgus, i, m., and ossĭfrăga, ae, f., the sea-eagle, osprey, Plin. 10, 7, 8, § 20; 30, 7, 20, § 63: accipitres, atque ossifragae, Lucr. 5, 1079; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 59.

In the wild

ossifragi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.3.p2
ossifrago Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.7.p2
ossifrago Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.30.p45
ossifragi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.8.p1
ossifragi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.7.p2
ossifragus Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 10.4.2

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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