ὀστ(ε)ο-κόπος

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `bone' (Il.), also `stone of fruit' (pap. III^a.; s. below).

Other forms: Att. ὀστοῦν, Aeol. pl. - ια, Dor. (Theoc.) - ία.

Compounds: Few compp., e.g. ὀστ(ε)ο-κόπος m. name of `a bone-disease' (Hp., Thphr., Gal.), ὁλ-όστεον n. `Plantago Bellardi', prop. subst. bahuvrihi "consisting only of bones", from its healing power; cf. ὀστεο-κόλλος f. and Strömberg Pflanzenn. 88 f. a. 32.

Derivatives: Diminut.: ὀστ-άριον n. (medic.), - αρίδιον n. (Pall.); adj. -έϊνος (IA.), - ινος (Ar. Ach. 863 [Boeot.], Arist.), -όϊνος (Aq.) `made of bone', - ώδης (X., Arist.), - εώδης (Plu.) `bony'; - ίτης m. `belonging to the bones' (Ruf.; Redard 101).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [783] * h₃estH- `bone'

Etymology: Old word for `bone', in several languages in varying form retained. An orig. consonantstam, seen in Av. ast- (e.g. gen. ast-ō, acc. as-ča \< * ast-ča) and in Lat. os ( = oss, from * ost), gen. oss-is, was in other languages in diff. ways transformed, e.g. in Skt. nom. acc. ásth-i, gen. asth-n-ás with i: n-interchange, in Hitt. ḫašt-ai, gen. ḫaštii̯-as with ablaut ai: i. Greek ὀστ-έον remainds of Skt. hŕ̥d-ayam `heart' beside hā́rd-i `id.' (s. καρδία) and so goes back on - ειον; Sommer Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 426f.); cf. further Venet. ostiiakon `ossuarium'. -- Further forms from several languages w. rich lit. in WP. 1, 185 f., Pok. 783, W.-Hofmann s. os; also v. Windekens ZDMG 110,314ff. (on Toch. B āst) and Hamp Word 9, 138ff.; on ὀστέον esp. Schwyzer 518 a. 298. The meaning `kernel (stone) of a fruit' as a parallel innovation also in Skt. ásthi; cf. Mayrhofer s.v. -- Not to ὄστρακον, ἀστράγαλος, ἀστακός, ὀστρύα, ὀσφύς.

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