ὀστέον, τό,
Att. contr. ὀστοῦν, poet. ὀστεῦν AP 7.480 (Leon.); Aeol. perh. ὄστιον Alc. Oxy. 2081(d)Fr. 5: pl. ὀστέα, Att. contr. ὀστᾶ, late 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 requires ὀστῶν: 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 Diog.Oen. 39; gen. pl. ὀστεόφιν (v. infr.): -
I bone, freq. in Hom. (Il. 4.460, al.) and Hp. (VC 1, al.); Hes. only in pl., Th. 540, al.; λεύκ’ ὀστέα the bleached bones of the dead, Od. 1.161, etc.; σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα 9.293; πολὺς δ’ ἀμφ’ ὀστεόφιν θίς a huge heap of bones around, 12.45; ῥινὸν ἀπ’ ὀστεόφιν ἐρύσαι 14.134; γυμνοῦσι τὰ ὀστέα τῶν κρεῶν Hdt. 4.61; ὀστέων στέγαστρον, of the skin, A. Fr. 367; ἀρχὴ τῶν ὀστῶν ἡ καλουμένη ῥάχις Arist. PA 54b11; esp. of the cranium, Hp. VC 2, al., cf. Il. 12.185.
II metaph., γῆς ὀστέοισιν ἐγχριμφθεὶς πόδα, i.e. rocks, Choeril.Trag. 2 (ὀστοῖσιν Nauck).
III stone of fruit, ὀστῶν περσεΐνων PCair.Zen. 176.168 (iii B. C.), cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.66, Gp. 10.13.3, al., Sch. Nic. Al. 99. [Accent ὀστέον Hdn.Gr. 2.943, but ὄστεον Anon. ap. Sch. Il. 24.793.] (Cf. Skt. ´sthi, gen. asthn´s ’bone’, etc.)
ὀστοῦν, τό, Att. contr. for ὀστέον (q.v.).
ὀστέον osteon 4x
contracted form, ὀστοῦν, οῦ, τό, a bone, [Mat 23:27]; [Luk 24:39]; [Joh 19:36]; [Heb 11:22]
G3747 — ὀστέον
contracted ὀστοῦν, genitive ὀστέου, τό (akin to Latinos,ossis; Curtius, § 213, cf., p. 41), a bone: [Joh 19:36]; plural ὀστέα, [Luk 24:39]; genitive ὀστέων (on these uncontracted forms cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 157); Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 d.; (Buttmann, p. 13 (12))), [Mat 23:27]; [Eph 5:30] (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); [Heb 11:22]. (From Homer down; the Sept. very often for עֶצֶם.)
ὀστέον
( Att. . contr . ὀστοῦν , - οῦ , and so Jo, l.c .), - ου , τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6106;]
a bone: contr ., ὀστοῦν ( v. supr .), [Joh 19:36] ( LXX ); uncontr. (as in Hom ., Hdt .), ὀστέα , [Luk 24:39]; ὀστέων , [Mat 23:27], [Heb 11:22]. †