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ἠθμοειδής

ἠθμοειδής, like a strainer, perforated

ἠθμοειδής, ές,
  • like a strainer, perforated, Hero Spir. 1.8, Plu. QConv. 2.699a; κοιλίαι Aret. SD 2.3.
    • II τὸ ἠ. ὀστοῦν the ethmoid or perforated bone at the root of the nose, Gal. UP 11.12: more freq. in pl., τὰ -ειδῆ, with or without ὀστᾶ, ib. 8.7; ἠ. δεξαμεναί, of the kidneys, prob. in Ph. 2.244 (αἱμο-, ἰσθμο- codd., cf. Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.15). Adv. -δῶς Ruf. Anat. 52.

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