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exosso

exosso, to deprive of bones, bone

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 (315): congrum, Ter. Ad. 378; cf.: congrum, muraenam exdorsua ... exossata fac sient, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 3 (400); id. Am. 1, 1, 162 (314).—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.

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