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exossis, e, and exossus, a, um, adj. [ex-ŏs], without bones, boneless (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis, App. Mag. p. 300, 13.
  2. II. Transf.
          1. (α) Pliant, limber, supple, yielding: exossis plane et enervis, App. Mag. p. 322, 1: enervam et exossam saltationem explicat, id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.
          2. (β) Loose, negligent: dictio, Sid. Ep. 6, 18.

exosso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ŏs], to deprive of the bones, to bone: mirum ni hic me quasi muraenam exossare cogitat, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 163: congrum, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 24; cf.: congrum, muraenam exdorsua … exossata fac sient, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 3; id. Am. 1, 1, 162.
Hence, trop., to break the power of, to make helpless, Vulg. Jer. 50, 17.
Poet.: exossato pectore, boneless, i. e. flexible (cf. exos), Lucr. 4, 1271: exossatus ager, i. e. without stones, cleared, Pers. 6, 51.