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ōmen (old form osmen), ĭnis, n. [omen quod ex ore primum elatum est, osmen dictum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.; cf.: osmen, e quo s extritum, id. ib. 7, § 97: omen velut oremen, quod fit ore augurium, quod non avibus aliove modo fit, Fest. p 195 Müll.; perh. orig. osmen, for ausmen; root audio, that which is heard; hence, in gen.].

  1. I. Lit., any indication or action regarded as a foreboding, a foreboding, prognostic, sign, token, omen (class.; cf. prodigium): di te deaeque omnes faxint cum istoc omine, with your forebodings, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 33: neque solum deorum voces Pythagoraei observaverunt, sed etiam hominum, quae vocant omina, Cic. Div. 1, 45. 102: ea quae divina testimonia vocant, ex responsis, oraculis, ominibus, Quint. 5, 7, 35: mi pater, inquit (filiola L. Pauli), Persa (catellus) periit. Tum ille Accipio, inquit, mea filia, omen, I take it as a good omen (of a victory over king Perses), Cic. Div. 1, 46, 103: ingens omen magni triumphi, Juv. 4, 125: qui discedens mecum ita locutus est, ut ejus oratio omen fati videretur, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9: quibus Antonius (o di immortales, avertite et detestamini, quaeso hoc omen!) urbem se divisurum esse promisit, id. ib. 4, 4, 10; cf.: atque hoc quidem detestabile omen avertat Juppiter, id. ib. 11, 5, 11; id. Div. 2, 40, 83: exire malis ominibus, id. Sest. 33, 72: quam (rem) tu ipse ominibus optimis prosequeris, id. Fam. 3, 12, 2: cum bonis ominibus incipere, Liv. praef. fin.: i secundo omine, go in God’s name, good luck attend you, Hor. C. 3, 11, 50: impios parrae recinentis omen Ducat, id. ib. 3, 27, 1: (Mater juvenem) Votis, ominibus et precibus vocat, id. ib. 4, 5, 13: quod di prius omen in ipsum convertant, Verg. A. 2, 190: quod acceperunt pro omine, Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 33.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A solemn assurance. condition. eā lege atque omine, ut, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 29.
    2. B. A solemn usage: hic sceptra accipere et primos attollere fasces Regibus omen erat, Verg. A. 7, 174.
    3. C. Prima omina = nuptiae, as accompanied with auspices, Verg. A. 1, 346; cf.: Contineant nobis omina prima fidem, Prop. 3, 20, 24 (4, 20, 14 M.).

1. ōs, ōris (no

  1. I. gen. plur.), n. [kindr. with Sanscr. āsya, os, vultus, facies], the mouth (syn. bucca): quam tibi ex ore orationem duriter dictis dedit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 512, 8: ex ore in ejus os inflato aquam dato palumbo, Cato, R. R. 90: ad haec omnia percipienda os est aptissimum, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 184: oris hiatus, id. ib. 2, 47, 122: os tenerum pueri, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 126: fetidum, Cic. Pis. 7, 13: trilingue, Hor. C. 2, 19, 31: os loquentis Opprimere, Ov. M. 3, 296: in ore omnium esse, to be in everybody’s mouth, to be the common talk: in ore est omni populo, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 13: istius nequitiam in ore vulgi atque in communibus proverbiis esse versatam, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121: Harmodius in ore est, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 116: in ore omnium, id. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56: habere aliquid in ore, to have a thing in one’s mouth, be constantly talking of it, id. Fam. 6, 18, 6; id. ib. 5, 16, 2; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; id. Att. 14, 22, 2: poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola, with one voice, one consent, unanimously, Tac. Agr. 41.
    So, uno ore, unanimously, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 20; id. And. 1, 1, 69; Curt. 10, 2, 18; Cic. Lael. 23, 86; Sen. Ep. 81, 31: uno omnes eadem ore fremebant, Verg. A. 11, 132: volito vivus per ora virūm, soon become famous, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. v. 4 Vahl.): virūm volitare per ora, Verg. G 3, 9: in ora vulgi, or hominum pervenire, or abire, to get into people’s mouths, become the common talk, Cat. 40, 5; Liv. 2, 36, 3: ire per ora Nomen, Sil. 3, 135: hic Graecā doctrinā ore tenus exercitus animum bonis artibus non induerat, i. e. only as far as his tongue, only so as to talk, Tac. A. 15, 45.
    Hence, os suum aperire (eccl. Lat.), to begin to speak, Vulg. Job, 33, 2; id. Ecclus. 51, 33 et saep.: os alicujus aperire, to cause to speak, id. Ezech. 33, 22; cf. id. ib. 24, 27; 3, 27.
    But: aperuerunt super me os suum, sicut leo, threatened, Vulg. Psa. 21, 13: os sublinere alicui, to cheat, befool, v. sublino.
    1. B. Esp.: pleno ore, i. e. heartily, zealously: ea nescio quomodo quasi pleniore ore laudamus, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In gen.: the face, countenance (syn.: vultus, facies), acutis oculis, ore rubicundo, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 118: figura oris, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 26: iratorum, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102: in ore sunt omhia, in eo autem ipso dominatus est omnis oculorum, i. e. every thing depends on the countenance, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221: in tuo ore vultuque acquiesco, id. Deiot. 2, 5: concedas hinc aliquo ab ore eorum aliquantisper, come out from them, out from their presence, leave them alone, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 11.
      So of lower animals: insignis et ore Et rutilis clarus squamis, Verg. G. 4, 92: ore rubicundo (gallina), Plin. 10, 56, 77, § 156: ales cristati cantibus oris, Ov. M. 11, 597: coram in os aliquem laudare, to praise one to his face, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 5: alicui laedere os, to insult one to his face, id. ib. 5, 4, 10: praebere os, to expose one’s self to personal insults, id. ib. 2, 2, 7; so, os praebere ad contumeliam, Liv. 4, 35: in ore parentum liberos jugulat, before their parents’ eyes, Sen. Ben. 7, 19, 8: quae in ore atque in oculis provinciae gesta sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81: in ore omnium cotidie versari, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: ut esset posteris ante os documentum Persarum sceleris sempiternum, id. Rep. 3, 9, 15: illos aiunt epulis ante ora positis excruciari fame, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 10, 13: ante ora conjugum omnia pati, Liv. 28, 19, 12.
      So of the face, front, as indicative of modesty or impudence: os habet, linguam, perfidiam, = Engl. cheek, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33: os durum! you brazen face! Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 36: os durissimum, very bold, Cic. Quint. 24, 77: impudens, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49: quo redibo ore ad eam, quam contempserim? with what face? id. Phorm. 5, 7, 24; cf. id. ib. 5, 9, 53; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 22; Liv. 26, 32.
      Hence, transf., boldness, effrontery, impudence: quod tandem os est illius patroni, qui, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175: nostis os hominis, nostis audaciam, id. Verr. 2, 2, 20, § 48; id. Rab. Post. 12, 34: non, si Appii os haberem, id. Fam. 5, 10, a, 2; id. ib. 9, 8, 1.
      On the contrary: os molle, modest, bashful: nihil erat mollius ore Pompeii, Sen. Ep. 11, 3.
    2. B. The head: Gorgonis os pulcherrimum, cinctum anguibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124: truncis arborum antefixa ora, Tac. A. 1, 61.
    3. C. Speech (poet.): ora sono discordia signant, Verg. A. 2, 423.
    4. D. A mouth, opening, entrance, aperture, orifice: os lenonis aedium, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 41: porta velut in ore urbis, Liv. 25, 11 fin.: ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram, Verg. A. 2, 482: Ponti, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129: os atque aditus portus, id. ib. 2, 5, 12, § 30: specūs, entrance, Tac. A. 4, 59: vascula oris angusti, Quint. 1, 2, 28: ulceris, Verg. G. 3, 454: Tiberis, Liv. 1, 33: venarum, Cels. 2, 7.
      Also of the sources of a stream: fontem superare Timavi, Unde per ora novem, etc., Verg. A. 1, 245.
    5. E. The beak of a ship: ora navium Rostrata, Hor. Epod. 4, 17.
  3. F. Os leonis, lion’s-mouth, a plant, Col. 10, 98.
  4. G. The edge of a sword: interfecit in ore gladii, Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 8; id. 4 Reg. 10, 25 et saep.

2. ŏs, ossis (collat. form ossum, i, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 750 ib.; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 2, 196: ossu, u, Charis. p. 12 P.
In plur.: OSSVA for OSSA, freq. in inscrr., Inscr. Orell. 2906; 4361; 4806; Inscr. Osann. Syll. p. 497, 1; Cardin. Dipl. Imp. 2, 11: ossuum for ossium, Prud. στεφ. 5, 111), n. [prop. ossis for ostis, kindred with Sanscr. asthi, os; Gr. ὀστέον; Slav. kostj], a bone (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: quid dicam de ossibus? Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 139: cur hunc dolorem cineri ejus atque ossibus inussisti? (i. e. mortuo), id. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. ib. 2, 5, 49, § 128: ossa legere, to gather up the bones that remain after burning a corpse, Verg. A. 6, 228; Sen. Ira, 2, 33, 6: condere, to bury, Verg. A. 5, 47: ossa legere, to extract fragments of bone from a wound, Sen. Ben. 5, 24, 3; id. Prov. 3; Quint. 6, 1, 30: tum vero exarsit juveni dolor ossibus ingens, in his bones, i. e. in his inmost part, in his soul, Verg. A. 5, 172: cui versat in ossibus Durus amor, id. G. 3, 258; id. A. 6, 55; cf. Vulg. Job, 4, 14.
    1. B. Transf., the hard or innermost part of trees or fruits: arborum ossa, i. e. the inside wood, the heart, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252: olearum ac palmularum, i. e. the stones, Suet. Claud. 8.
  2. II. Trop., the bones, the solid parts or outlines of a discourse: utinam imitarentur (Atticos dicendo), nec ossa solum, sed etiam sanguinem, Cic. Brut. 17, 68; cf. id. Fin. 4, 3, 6; Quint. 1, p. 34.

Osca, ae, f., a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Huesca, in Aragon, Vell. 2, 30, 1; Flor. 3, 22, 9.
Hence, Oscensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Osca, a town of Spain, Oscan: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 57: argentum, with the Oscan stamp, Liv. 34, 10.
In plur.: Oscenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Osca, the Oscans, Caes. B. C. 1, 60; Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 24.

Oscē, adv., v. Osci fin.

oscēdo, ĭnis, f. [kindr. with oscito].

  1. I. An inclination to yawn (post-class.), Gell. 4, 20.
  2. II. A sore in the mouth of children, aphthœ, Ser. Samm. 14, 216; Isid. 4, 8, 17.

oscen, ĭnis, m. (but f. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 67; Plin. 10, 19, 22, § 43) [obscen, from obs-cano], a singing-bird, esp. in the auspices; a divining-bird, from whose notes auguries were taken (e. g. the raven, crow, owl): aves aut oscines sunt, aut praepetes: oscines, quae ore futura praedicunt; praepetes, quae volatu augurium significant, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 361; Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 13: oscinem corvum prece suscitabo, Hor. C. 3, 27, 11; Plin. 10, 19, 22, § 43; App. de Deo Soc. p. 45, 29: Phoebeius, i. e. the crow metamorphosed by Phœbus, Aus. Idyll. 11, 15.

Oscensis, v. Osca.

Osci, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci (Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll.
    Hence,
  2. II. Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan: ludi, Cic. Fam. 7, 1: lingua, Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8: ludicrum, Tac. A. 4, 14.
    Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.: dicere aliquid, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.: scire, Gell. 17, 17, 1.

‡ oscillans, antis, subst., v. oscillo fin.

oscillātĭo, ōnis, f. [oscillo], a swinging (post-Aug.), Petr. 140, 9: dies festus oscillationis, a festival celebrated at Athens in honor of Erigone, Hyg. Fab. 130.

‡ oscillo, āre, v. n. [2. oscillum], to swing, swing one’s self: oscillum Santra dici ait, quod oscillent, id est inclinent, praecipitesque in os ferantur, Fest. p. 194, 9 and 10 Müll.
Pass.: osculor, Mythogr. Lat. 1, 19 fin.
Hence, oscillans, antis, P. a.; as subst., a swinger: oscillantes, ait Cornificius, ab eo, quod os celare soliti personis propter verecundiam, qui eo genere lusūs utebantur, Fest. p. 194 Müll.

1. oscillum, i, n. dim. [1. os; lit. little mouth; hence],

  1. I. A little cavity in the middle of leguminous fruits, where the germ sprouts forth: oscilla lupinorum, Col. 2, 10, 3.
  2. * II. A little image of the face, a little mask of Bacchus, hung from trees, so as to be easily moved by the wind: tibique (Bacche) Oscilla ex altā suspendunt mollia pinu, Verg. G. 2, 389; cf. Serv. ad loc.; Macr. S. 1, 7; 11.

2. oscillum, i, n. [ob- or obs-cillo], a swing, Fest. p. 194 Müll.; Verg. G. 2, 389 (v. Serv. ad loc.); Tert. Pall. 1 fin.

oscĭnes, v. oscen.

oscĭtābundus, a, um, adj. [oscito], gaping, yawning (post-class.), Sid. Ep. 2, 2.

oscĭtans, Part. and P. a., from oscito.

oscĭtanter, adv., v. oscito, P. a. fin.

oscĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [oscito], an opening of the mouth wide, a gaping.

  1. I. In gen.: conchas pandentes sese quādam oscitatione, a gaping, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107.
  2. II. In partic., a gaping, yawning, Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42; Gell. 4, 20, 9; Mart. 2, 6, 4.
    1. B. Trop.: sed Bruti senis oscitationes, tediousnesses, tedious writings, Stat. S. 4, 9, 20: non ipse (judex) nostrā oscitatione solvatur, by our languid speaking, Quint. 11, 3, 3.

oscĭto, āre, v. n., and oscĭtor, āri, v. dep. (inf. oscitarier, Turp. ap. Non. 322, 18; or Com. Rel. v. 15 Rib.) [oscieo], to open the mouth wide, to gape.

  1. I. Of plants, to open, unclose: oscitat in campis caput a cervice revulsum, of the plant lion’s-mouth, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396; cf. Col. 10, 260; and: (arborum) folia cotidie ad solem oscitant, turn towards the sun, Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88.
  2. II. Of living beings, to gape, yawn: ut pandiculans oscitatur, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 80; * Lucr. 3, 1065: clare ac sonore oscitavit, Gell. 4, 20, 8.
    With acc.: quid adhuc oscitamus crapulam hesternam, August. Ver. Rel. 3.
    1. B. Trop., to be listless, drowsy, inactive (cf.: dormio. sterto): cum majores (calamitates) impendere videantur, sedetis et oscitamini, i. e. are listless, idle, negligent, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48; cf. the foll.
      Hence, oscĭtans, antis, P. a., listless, sluggish, lazy, negligent (class.): interea oscitantes opprimi, Ter. And. 1, 2, 10: quae Epicurus oscitans allucinatus est, qs. half asleep, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72.
      Of abstract things: oscitans et dormitans sapientia, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.
      * Adv.: oscĭtanter, carelessly, negligently: quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter, Cic. Brut. 80, 277.

oscŭlābundus, a, um, adj. [osculor], kissing (post-Aug.), Suet. Vit. 2.
With acc.: manum sacerdotis, App. M. 11, 6, p. 259; id. Mag. 94, p. 333.

‡ Oscŭlāna pugna in proverbio, quo significabatur, victos vincere, quia in eādem et Valerius Laevinus imperator Romanus a Pyrrho erat victus, et brevi eundem regem devicerat Sulpicius … , Fest. p. 197 Müll. (leg. Asculana; cf. Turneb. Advers. 3, 11).

oscŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [osculor],

  1. I. a kissing (rare but class.), Cic. Cael. 20, 49; Cat. 48, 5.
  2. II. In med. lang.: venarum, the inosculation of blood-vessels, Gr. ὰναστόμωσις, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 10, 121 and 123.

1. oscŭlo, āre, v. a. [1. os, ōris], = ἀναστομόω, to supply with a mouth or outlet, to extend a channel, e. g. the veins, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 10, 123.

2. oscŭlo, āre, v. a. (old collat. form of osculor), to kiss: osculavi caput, Titin. ap. Non. 476, 32: osculato tuo capite, App. M. 2, p. 117, 23: genua sibi osculari patiebantur, Capitol. Max. Juv. 2, § 7.

oscŭlor, ātus, 1 (old form auscŭ-lor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 42; id. Merc. 3, 3, 14; old inf. oscularier; v. infra), v. dep. [osculum], to kiss (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: compellando blanditer, ausculando. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69: eam vidisse cum alieno oscularier, kissing each other, id. Mil. 2, 2, 88: osculari atque amplexari inter se, id. ib. 5, 1, 40: ille autem me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat, Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14: eum complexus, osculatusque dimisit, id. Att. 16, 5, 2: simulacrum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: osculetur me osculo oris sui, Vulg. Cant. 1, 1.
  2. II. Transf., to make much of, to value, prize: inimicum meum sic amplexabantur, sic osculabantur, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: scientiam juris tamquam filiolam, id. Mur. 10, 23.

oscŭlum (auscŭlum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; osclum, id. Truc. 1, 2, 8), i, n. dim. [1. os], a little mouth, pretty mouth, sweet mouth (cf.: labium, labellum).

  1. I. Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose): videt oscula, quae, etc., Ov. M. 1, 499; 10, 344: delibare, to touch, i. e. to kiss, Verg. A. 12, 434; id. G. 2, 523; Mart. 11, 92, 7; Suet. Aug. 94; Petr. 126; App. M. 3, p. 137, 41.
  2. II. Transf., a kiss (freq. and class.; syn.: basium, suavium): utinam continuo ad osculum Atticae possim currere, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1: oggerere, to give, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 8: alicui ferre, id. Ep. 4, 2, 4; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non.: capere, to take, Ov. 11, 13, 120: figere, to imprint, Verg. A. 1, 687: carpere, Ov. H. 11, 117: sumere, id. ib. 13, 141: eripere, Tib. 2, 5, 91: jacere, Tac. H. 1, 36: accipere et dare, Ov. H. 15, 132: detorquere ad oscula Cervicem, Hor. C. 2, 12, 25: rapere, to snatch, steal, Val. Fl. 1, 264: breve, a brief, hasty kiss, Tac. Agr. 4: osculi jus, the right of kissing between relatives of both sexes, Suet. Claud. 26: in osculo sancto, Vulg. Rom, 16, 16.

Oscus, a, um, v. Osci.

Osdrŏēna, ae, f., = Ὀσδροηνή, a country in the western part of Mesopotamia, the modern Diar Mochar, Amm. 14, 3, 2; 14, 8, 7.
Its inhabitants are called Osdrŏēni, ōrum. m., Eutr. 8, 3.

Osi, ōrum. m., a people of Germany, on the banks of the Danube, Tac. G. 28; 43.

Osīnĭus, ii, m., king of Clusium, and ally of Æneas, Verg. A. 10, 655.

Ŏsīrĕostăphē, ēs, f., = Ὄσιρισ-ταφή (Osiris-grave), a plant, called also Osiritis, App. Herb. 86.

Ŏsīris, is and ĭdis, m., = Ὄσιρις.

  1. I. An Egyptian deity, the husband of Isis, Tib. 1, 7, 27; 29; 43; Ov. M. 9, 692; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 60; Juv. 8, 29; Macr. S. 1, 21.
  2. II. Name of a warrior slain by Thymbrœus, Verg. A. 12, 458.

Ŏsīrītis, ĭdis, f., the name of a plant, also called Osireostaphe or cynocephalea, Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 18.

ōsor (ossor, Plaut. l. l. infra), ōris, m. [odi], a hater (ante- and post-class.): uxoris suae ossor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 9 Fleck. (Ussing, osor): hominum, App. de Deo Socr. p. 48, 15; Pacat. Pan. Th. 20, 5; Aus. Ep. 4, 24: mulierum, Plaut. Poen. prol. 74; cf.: osorem dixerunt, qui aliquem odisset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 196 Müll.

Osphăgus, i, m., a river in Macedonia, Liv. 31, 39.

ospĭcor, āri, an old orthogr. for aus-pĭcor, Quadrig. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.

† osprātūra, ae, f., = ὄσπριον, the purchase of pulse (post-class.), Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 19 dub. (al. hospitatura).

Ossa, ae, f. (m., Ov. M. 1, 155), = Ὄσσα, a high mountain in Thessaly, now Kissovo, Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30: ter sunt conati imponere Pelio Ossam, Verg. G. 1, 281: Ossan, Ov. F. 1, 307.
Hence, Ossaeus, a, um, adj., Ossean: saxa, Verg. Cir. 33: rupes, Luc. 6, 334: media, Stat. Th. 2, 82: Ossaei bimembres, i. e. the Centaurs who dwell about Ossa, id. ib. 12, 554.

ossārĭum, ii, v. ossuarius, II.

ossĕus, a, um, adj. [2. os],

  1. I. of bone, bone- (post Aug.): cuneus, Col. 5, 11: cultelli, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115.
  2. II. Like bone, hard as bone, bony: manus, Juv. 5, 53: ilex, Plin. 16, 38, 73, § 186: cutis, Cassiod. Var. 10, 30.

ossĭcŭlāris, e, adj. [ossiculum], of or belonging to the small bones (post-class.): medicamentum, Veg. Vet. 4, 28.

ossĭcŭlātim, adv. [ossiculum], by bones, bone by bone (ante-class.): legere aliquem, Caecil. ap. Non. 147, 29.

ossĭcŭlum, i, n. dim. [2. os], a small bone, ossicle (post-Aug.), Plin. 11, 37, 49, § 134; Gell. 6, 1, 10: MEA (al. OSSVCVLA), Inscr. Fabr. p. 420, n. 381.

ossĭfrăgus, a, um, adj. [2. os-frango],

  1. I. bone-breaking, Cass. Sev. ap. Sen. Contr. 5, 33.
  2. 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.

ossĭlāgo, ĭnis, f. [2. os],

  1. I. a hardness as of bone, a bony hardness (post-class.): tumor ossilagini similis, Veg. Vet. 2, 22.
  2. II. = Ossipaga, Arn. 4, p. 131.

‡ ossĭlĕgĭum, ii, n. [2. os-lego], a bonegathering: ossilegium, ὀστολόγιον, Gloss. Philox.

‡ ossĭlĕgus, a, um, adj. [ossilegium], a bone-gatherer: ossilegus, ὀστολόγος, Gloss. Philox.

Ossĭpāga (Ossĭpanga, Ossĭpā-gĭna), ae, f. [2. os-pango], bone-fastener, the goddess who caused the bones of children to become firm and solid, Arn. 4, 1131.

ossōsus, a, um, adj. [2. os], bony (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Salut. praecc. 36.

ossŭārĭum, ii, n., v. ossuarius, II.

ossŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. os],

  1. I. of or for bones, bone- (post-class.): OLLA OSSVARIA, a vase to contain the bones of a corpse, a bone-urn, Inscr. Orell. 2896.
  2. II. Subst.: ossŭārĭum (also written ossārĭum), ii, n., a receptacle for the bones of the dead, a bone-vault, charnel-house, Dig. 47, 12, 2; Inscr. Orell. 4511; 4556.

ossŭcŭlum, v. ossiculum.

ossum, i, n., v. 2. os.

ossŭōsus, a, um, adj. [2. os], full of bones (post-class.): loci, Veg. Vet. 2, 13.

ostendo, di, sum, and tum (ostensus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.; Luc. 2, 192: ostentus, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45; Pac. and Varr. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Tac. H. 1, 78: ostensurus, Suet. Ner. 13; App. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.: ostenturus, Cato, Or. 52, 2; v. also the apoc. form: ostende ostendam, ut permultis aliis exemplis ejus generis manifestum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.; perh. used by Cato, v. Müll. ad loc., and cf. the letter E), v. a. [obs-tendo], to stretch out or spread before one; hence, to expose to view, to show, exhibit, display (syn.: monstro, exhibeo).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Ostendo manus, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 17: os suum populo Romano ostendere audet, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1: pectora, Sil. 2, 669: umeros, Verg. A. 5, 376: dentem, Suet. Vesp. 5: se, to show one’s self, appear, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 5: aciem, to display, Liv. 29, 7: equites sese ostendunt, show themselves, appear, Caes. B. C. 1, 63.
      2. 2. Transf.: vocem, to make heard, Phaedr. 1, 13, 9.
    2. B. In partic., to lay open, expose (poet.): Aquiloni glaebas, Verg. G. 2, 261: lucos Phoebo, Stat. Th. 6, 90: ager qui soli ostentus erit, Cato, R. R. 6, 2.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to show, disclose, exhibit, manifest: ille dies cum gloriā maximā sese nobis ostendat, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P. (Ann. v. 384 Vahl.): non ego illi extemplo ita meum ostendam sensum, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 21: verum hoc facto sese ostendit, he has exposed himself, id. As. 5, 2, 12: sententiam, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 7: potestatem, id. Eun. 5, 8, 3: spem, metum, i. e. to promise, threaten, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75 et saep.
      With two acc.: aliquem nocentem, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2; cf. Tit. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 5.
      Mid., to show itself, appear: nisi cum major spes ostenderetur, Suet. Aug. 25.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To show, express, indicate by speech or signs; to give to understand, to declare, say, tell, make known, etc. (syn.: indico, declaro, significo).
        With acc.: illud ostendit, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4.
        With obj.- or rel.-clause: ostendit se cum rege colloqui velle, Nep. Con. 3, 2: quid sui consilii sit, ostendit, Caes. B. G. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 3.
        Absol.: ut ostendimus supra, as we showed above, Nep. Ages. 1, 5: sed aliter, atque ostenderam, facio, Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 2: signum est per quod ostenditur idonea perficiendi facultas esse quaesita, Auct. Her. 2, 4, 6: primum ostendendum est, id. ib. 2, 16, 23.
      2. 2. To hold up conspicuously, flourish (ironically): sed quaedam mihi magnifica et praeclara ejus defensio ostenditur, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1.
        Hence, osten-tus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. Exposed (ante-class.): ager soli ostentus, Cato, R. R. 6, 2; so id. ib. 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; 1, 25.
    2. B. Subst.: ostentum, i, n.
      1. 1. Lit., a prodigy, wonder, that announces something about to happen, a portent (class.; syn.: monstrum, portentum): praedictiones vero et praesensiones rerum futurarum quid aliud declarant, nisi hominibus ea, quae futura sunt, ostendi, monstrari, portendi, praedici? ex quo illa ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. id. Div. 1, 42, 93; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108; Suet. Caes. 32.
      2. 2. Transf., a wondrous thing, prodigy: scis Appium ostenta facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4: ostenti prorsus genus, Just. 10, 1, 6.

ostensĭo, ōnis, f. [ostendo], a showing, exhibiting, manifestation (post-class.): nova ostensio, App. M. 3, p. 133, 19; Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 11: HOMINVM ARMIGERORVM, a mustering, parade, Inscr. Salm. ad Lampr. Alex. Sev. 33: si in me est iniquitas haec, da ostensionem, expose, make manifest, Vulg. 1 Reg. 14, 41: secretorum, id. Dan. 5, 12.

ostensĭōnālis, e, adj. [ostensio], that serves for parade or display (post-class.): milites, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 33.

ostensor, ōris, m. [ostendo], a shower, exhibiter (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Apol. 11.

ostensus, a, um, Part., from ostendo.

‡ ostentābĭlis, e, adj. [ostento], worth showing, worth seeing: ostentabilis, ἐπιδεικτικός, Gloss. Philox.

‡ ostentācŭlum, i, n. [ostento], for ostentum, a sign, indication: ostentat, ostentaculum, Not. Tir. p. 19.

ostentāmen, ĭnis, n. [ostento], show, display (post-class.), Prud. Psych. 203.

ostentārĭus, a, um, adj. [ostentum],

  1. I. of or relating to prophetic indications, prophetic (post-class.): ostentaria novitas (al. ostentatoria), Mart. Cap. 2, § 151.
  2. II. Subst.: ostentārĭum, ii, n., a book of prognostics: Tuscum, Macr. S. 3, 7: arborarium, id. ib. 2, 16.

ostentātīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [ostento], that serves for display, ostentatious (post-class.): virginitas, Tert. Virg. Vel. 3.

ostentātĭo, ōnis, f. [ostento].

  1. I. In gen., a showing, exhibition, display (very rare). in armorum magis quam togarum ostentatione, Plin. Pan. 56 fin.: cognomen Imperiosi … ab ostentatione saevitiae ascitum, from an open display, Liv. 7, 4.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. An idle show, vain display, pomp, parade, ostentation (the predom. signif. of the word): vitanda etiam ingenii ostentationis suspicio, Cic. de Or. 2, 82, 333: magnifica et gloriosa, id. Fl. 22, 52: insolens, id. Par. 6, 1, 42: et gloria, id. Rab. Post. 14, 38: inanis et simulatio, id. Off. 2, 12, 43: et venditatio, id. Lael. 23, 86: sui, Caes. B. C. 1, 4.
      In plur.: multorum annorum ostentationes meas nunc in discrimen esse adductas, that my many years’ boastful promises (of an able administration) are now brought to the test, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1.
    2. B. A false, deceitful show, pretence, simulation, deception: consul veritate, non ostentatione popularis, Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 23; cf.: ut in fronte ostentatio sit, intus veritas occultetur, id. Fin. 2, 24, 77: doloris, feigned pain, Sen. Ep. 99, 15: (captivi) producti ostentationis causā, Caes. B. C. 3, 71 fin.: qui latius ostentationis causā vagarentur, id. B. G. 7, 45.

ostentātor, ōris, m. [ostento], a vain, self-satisfied exhibiter, a displayer, parader, boaster, vaunter: ostentatores meri, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 15: ostentatorem pecuniae gloriosum describere, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63: factorum, Liv. 1, 10: omnium, quae diceret, Tac. H. 2, 80: rector juveni et ceteris periculorum praemiorumque ostentator, id. A. 1, 24.

ostentātōrĭus, v. ostentarius.

ostentātrix, īcis, f. [ostentator], she that displays or boasts (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: immodica sui ostentatrix, App. Mag. p. 323, 11.
  2. II. Trop.: pompa ostentatrix vani splendoris, Prud. Psych. 439.

‡ ostentĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [ostentumfero], portentous: ostentiferum, τερατῶδες, Vet. Gloss.

ostento, āvi, ātum (inf. pass. ostentarier, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 129), 1, v. freq. a. [ostendo], to present to view, to show, exhibit (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: alicui jugula sua pro capite alicujus, to present, offer, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 4: aliquem, Verg. A. 12, 479: campos nitentes, id. ib. 6, 678: Sidonias opes, id. ib. 4, 75: passum capillum, Caes. B. G. 7, 48: liberos, Suet. Aug. 34: quo res sapsa loco sese ostentat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 372 Vahl.).
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To show off with vanity or boastfulness, to display, make a display of, boast of, vaunt: amorem tibi meum, Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 4: quid me ostentem, why should I make a display of myself? id. ib. 1, 4, 3: et prae se ferre, id. Att. 2, 23, 3: memoriae ostentandae causā, Auct. Her. 2, 30, 47: clientelas, Dolabell. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2: triumphos suos, Sall. J. 31, 10: eum ipsum aliis, id. ib. 49, 4: se in aliis rebus, to exhibit themselves, Cic. Cael. 28, 67: Ambiorigem ostentant fidei faciundae causā, Caes. B. G. 5, 41.
    2. B. To hold out or up as an example: desine Tydiden vultuque et murmure nobis Ostentare, Ov. M. 13, 350.
    3. C. To hold out for the purpose of offering or giving; to proffer, promise: alterā manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat alterā, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 18: agrum, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 78: praemia, Sall. J. 66, 1; 89, 1; cf.: praemia modo, modo formidinem, id. ib. 23, 1: praedam, id. ib. 68, 3.
    4. D. To hold out in a threatening manner; to threaten, menace: caedem, servitutem, Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 1: periculum capitis, id. Clu. 8, 25: minas, Liv. 2, 42.
    5. E. To show by speech or signs; to indicate, point out, signify, reveal, disclose: (largitio) verbis ostentari potest, re verā fieri, nisi exhausto aerario, nullo pacto potest, Cic. Agr. 2, 4, 18: tibi me istis esse familiarem, id. Fam. 9, 6, 2: principem, to reveal, Plin. Pan. 4, 7.
      With rel.-clause: ostentans, quanta eos … invidia maneret showing, declaring, Suet. Caes. 14.

ostentum, i, n., v. ostendo fin.

1. ostentus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from ostendo.

2. ostentus, ūs, m. [ostendo].

  1. I. In gen., a showing, exhibiting, display (not in Cic. or Cæs.): corpora extra vallum abjecta ostentui, as a public spectacle, Tac. A. 1, 29: atrocitatis, Gell. 20, 1, 48.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Show, parade, external appearance: nova jura Cappadociae dedit bstentui magis, quam mansura, Tac. H. 1, 78.
    2. B. A sign, proof: ut Jugurthae scelerum ostentui essem, Sall. J. 24, 9; also a pretence, a sign given to deceive, id. ib. 46, 6: ut ostentui esset, multum vitalis spiritūs egestum, as a proof that, Tac. A. 15, 64; cf.: ostentui clementiae suae, id. ib. 12, 14 fin.: ostentui habere, Vulg. Heb. 6, 11.

† ostes, ae, m., = ὤστης, a kind of earthquake, App. de Mundo, p. 65, 30.

Ostĭa, ae, f., and Ostĭa, ōrum, n. [ostium; cf. Engl. mouth, in Ply-mouth, Yar-mouth, etc.],

  1. I. a seaport town in Latium, at the mouth of the Tiber, built by Ancus Marcius, still called Ostia: Ostiam urbem ad exitum Tiberis in mare fluentis Ancus Marcius rex condidisse fertur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 197 Müll.; cf.: urbs, quam secundum ostium Tiberis (Ancus Marcius) posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam. id. s. v. Quiritium, p. 254 ib.; Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. quaeso, p. 258 ib. (Ann. v. 145 Vahl.): in ore Tiberis Ostia urbs condita, Liv. 1, 33 fin.; Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 5.
    Form Ostia, ōrum, Liv. 9, 19, 4; 23, 37, 1.
    Hence,
  2. II. Ostĭen-sis, e, adj., of or belonging to Ostia, Ostian (class.): Ostiensis ager, Cic. Att. 12, 23, 3; Liv. 8, 12: populus, id. 27, 38: quaestor (L. Saturninus), Cic. Sest. 17, 39: portus, Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 14: provincia, the duty of one of the quœstors to superintend the aqueducts leading to Rome, and the supplying of Rome with corn, Cic. Mur. 8, 18; Suet. Claud. 24: incommodum, the capture of the Roman fleet by pirates at Ostia, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.

ostĭārĭum, ii, v. 2. ostiarius, II.

1. ostĭārĭus, ii, v. 2. ostiarius, I.

2. ostĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [ostium], of or belonging to the door: ancilla, portress, Vulg. Johan. 18, 17; usu. subst.

  1. I. ostĭā-rĭus, ii, m., a door-keeper, porter (syn.: janitor, portitor), Varr. R. R. 1, 13; Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 64; Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 22.
    By the rich they were, in early times, occasionally chained up, Suet. Rhet. 3.
    In the Christian church, a sexton, Cod. Th. 1, 3, 6; 16, 2, 27.
  2. II. ostĭāria, ae, f., a female doorkeeper, portress, Ambros. in Luc. 10, § 75; Vulg. 2 Reg. 4, 5; id. Johan. 18, 16.
  3. III. ostĭārĭum, ii, n., a tax upon doors, a door-tax: columnaria, ostiaria, frumentum, vecturae imperabantur, Caes. B. C. 3, 32 (called exactio ostiorum, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5).

ostĭātim, adv. [ostium].

  1. I. Lit., from door to door, from house to house (class.): ostiatim oppidum compilare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: agere crimen, to enumerate the several houses where a crime was perpetrated, id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § 48: nec scrutanda singula et velut ostiatim pulsanda, Quint. 5, 10, 112.
  2. II. Transf., by particulars or details (post-class.): quicumque ostiatim cupit noscere (wishes to know the particulars), legat, Vop. Carin. 17.

Ostĭensis, e, v. Ostia, II.

ostīgo, ĭnis, f., in the lang. of shepherds, a kind of eruption or scab on lambs, also called mentigo, Col. 7, 5, 21; v. mentigo.

ostĭŏlum, i, n. dim. [ostium], a little door (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 14, 1: ostiola olitoria, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 125: abscondita, Vulg. Dan. 14, 20.

ostĭum, ii, n. [kindred with Sanscr. oshtha, labium; Slav. ūsta, the same; cf. os], a door (class.; cf.: porta, janua, fores, valvae).

  1. I. Lit.: omnia istaec auscultavi ab ostio, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 9: observare, id. Mil. 2, 3, 81: rectum ostium, the front-door (cf. posticum), Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 58 Brix ad loc.: aperire, to open, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 35: operire, to shut, id. Phorm. 5, 3, 33: obserare intus, to bolt, id. Eun. 4, 6, 25: obdere pessulum ostio, id. ib. 3, 5, 55: concrepuit ostium a Glycerio, id. And. 4, 1, 58: inscribat aliquis arse verse in ostio, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 18 Müll.: ostium limenque carceris, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13: aperto ostio dormire, id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65: quaerere ab ostio, id. de Or. 2, 68, 276: exactio ostiorum, doortax, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; v. 2. ostiarius, III.: sepulcri, Dig. 43, 23, 11.
  2. II. Transf., a mouth, an entrance of any kind: Acheruntis ostium in nostrost agro, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 124: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis. Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: sacra Inferni ostia, Verg. G. 4, 467; id. A. 6, 109: ne in rimis areae grana oblitescant, et ostia aperiant muribus ac formicis, entrances, Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 1: portūs, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118: fluminis, mouth, id. Phil. 2, 11, 26; Liv. 24, 40; 44, 6; 44, 45; cf. Rhodani, Caes. B. C. 2, 1: Tiberinaque ad ostia venit, Ov. M. 15, 728; cf. Verg. A. 1, 13: Oceani, i. e. the Strait of Gibraltar, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; Mel. 3, 9, 3.
    Fig.: ego sum ostium ovium, Vulg. Johan. 10, 7.

† ostŏcŏpŏs, i, m., = ὀστοκόπος, boneracking, a disease (as if the bones were giving way; post-class.), Ser. Samm. 48, 892; Pelag. Vet. 3; 10.

Ostōrĭus, i, m., the name of several Romans.

  1. I. Ostorins Sabinus, a Roman knight, Tac. A. 16, 23; 16, 30: quaestor, id. ib. 16, 33.
  2. II. P. Ostorius Scapula, proprœtor in Britain, Tac. A. 12, 31: bello egregius, id. Agr. 14.
  3. III. M. Ostorius Scapula, son of Publius, Tac. A. 12, 31; put to death by Nero, id. ib. 16. 15.

† ostrăcĭas, ae, m., and ostrăcītis, ĭdis, f., = οστρακίας, ὀστρακῖτις, a semigem, prob. hornstone or chalcedony, Plin. 37, 10, 65, § 177.

† ostrăcītes, ae, m., = ὀστρακίτης, a precious stone, otherwise unknown, Plin. 36, 19, 31, § 139.

† ostrăcītis, ĭdis, f., = ὀστρακῖτις.

  1. I. Hornstone; v. ostracias.
  2. II. A kind of cadmia, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 103.

† ostrăcĭum or ostrăcĕum, ii, n., = ὀστράκιον, a mussel, also called onyx, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134.

† ostrĕa, ae, f., and (rarely) ostrĕum, i, n., = ὄστρεον, an oyster, mussel, sea-snail (class.).

        1. (α) Form ostrea, Enn. Heduph. 2 (p. 166 Vahl.); Lucil. ap. Non. 216, 6; Afran.; Turp. and Varr. ib.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 216, 14: ostrearum vivaria, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 168.
        2. (β) Form ostreum: luna alit ostrea, Lucil. ap. Gell. 20, 8, 4; id. ap. Non. 216, 16; Varr. ib. 20: ostrea Circeis, Miseno oriuntur echini, Hor. S. 2, 4, 33; Ov. F. 6, 174; Juv. 4, 142.
          In sing. collect.: ostrei testas siccas tundere, Pall. 1, 41, 3.

ostrĕārĭus, a, um, adj. [ostrea],

  1. I. of or belonging to oysters, oyster- (post-Aug.): panis, oyster-bread, bread eaten with oysters, Plin. 18, 11, 27, § 105.
  2. II. Subst.: ostrĕā-rĭum, ii, n., an oyster-bed, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 160: in Baiano locare, Macr. S. 2, 11.

ostrĕātus, a, um, adj. [id.; qs. covered with oyster-shells; hence, transf.], rough, scabby: quasi ostreatum tergum ulceribus (i. e. verberibus), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 186.

ostrĕōsus, a, um, adj. [id.; qs. covered with oyster-shells; hence, transf.], abounding in oysters: Cyzicus ostreosa, Auct. Priap. 77; comp., Cat. 18, 4.

ostrĕum, i, n., v. ostrea.

ostrĭāgo, ĭnis, f., a plant, otherwise unknown, App. Herb. 28.

ostrĭcŏlor, ōris, adj. [ostrum-color], purple-colored (poet.), Sid. Carm. 5, 18.

ostrĭfĕr, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [ostrum-fero], containing or abounding in oysters (poet.): Abydos, Verg. G. 1, 207: Geraestus, Val. Fl. 1, 456: Chalcedon, Luc. 9, 959.

ostrīnus, a, um, adj. [ostrum], purple (ante-class. and poet.): supparum, Varr. ap. Non. 549, 12: ricula, Turp. ib.: colores, Prop. 4, 12, 7: torus, id. 1, 14, 20: tunica, id. 3, 27, 26.

Ostrŏgŏthus, i, or Ostrŏgŏtha, ae, m., an Ostrogoth: Ostrogothum continere, Sid. Carm. 2, 377; id. Ep. 8, 9: imperium Ostrogothae vastarent, Jornand. Reb. Get. 47; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 153.

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