οστό

Greek

Alternative forms

• (Katharevousa) οστούν n (ostoún)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃esth₁-, *h₃osth₁-.

Compare Mariupol Greek студъ (stuð).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ˈsto̞]

Noun

οστό • (ostó) n (plural οστά)

1. (anatomy) bone (part of skeleton)

Declension

Declension of οστό

	singular	plural
nominative	οστό •	οστά •
genitive	οστού •	οστών •
accusative	οστό •	οστά •
vocative	οστό •	οστά •

Further reading

• οστό on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• “οστό”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998