English

Noun

ossa

1. plural of os

Finnish

Noun

ossa

1. (colloquial) address

Anagrams

• saos

Italian

Noun

ossa f

1. plural of osso

Anagrams

• asso

Latin

Noun

ossa

1. nominative plural of os
2. accusative plural of os
3. vocative plural of os

Noun

ossa

1. nominative plural of ossum
2. accusative plural of ossum
3. vocative plural of ossum

References

• OSSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ossa in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• ossa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ossa in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• ossa in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• ossa in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ursam, accusative of ursa, masculine of ursus ‎(“bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈo.sa]

Noun

ossa f (plural ossas)

1. she-bear
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.

     Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ¬ della recibe la fuerça ¬ la uertud.

     And the start that is on the front ear of the Great Bear has power over this stone, and it receives its strength and virtue from it.

Derived terms

• Ossa Mayor ‎(“Ursa Major, the Great Bear”)
• Ossa Menor ‎(“Ursa Minor, the Little Bear”)

Related terms

• osso ‎(“bear”)

Descendants

• Spanish: osa

Romansch

Noun

l'ossa pl

1. (Sutsilvan) plural of oss