proper noun · femininefirst declension
Ossa
Ossa f sg (genitive Ossae)
Classical[ˈɔs.sa]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔs.sa]
Meaning
- femininesingularA mountain of Thessaly, separated from the Olympus by the valley of Tempe
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ossa | — |
| genitive | Ossae | — |
| dative | Ossae | — |
| accusative | Ossam | — |
| ablative | Ossā | — |
| vocative | Ossa | — |
Ossa, ae, f. (m., Ov. M. 1, 155), = Ὄσσα,
I. 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.Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσσα (Óssa).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyOssaOssa (Ὄσσα). 1. A lofty mountain in Thessaly on the coast of Magnesia, separated from Olympus only by the narrow vale of Tempe. Hence it was supposed …GeographyOssaOssa (Ὄσσα, Ptol. 3.13.15), a town of the Bisaltae, which, before the annexation of Bisaltia to the kingdom of Macedonia, must have been a place of so…Biography & mythologyOssaOssa (Ὄσσα), the personification of rumour or report, the Latin Famna. As it is often impossible to trace a report to its source, it is said to come f…