exossis

e, adj.

ex-ŏs

I. without bones, boneless (post-class.).
I. Lit.: cum sit (lepus marinus) cetera exossis, App. Mag. p. 300, 13.—
II. Transf.
(a). Pliant, limber, supple, yielding: exossis plane et enervis, App. Mag. p. 322, 1: enervam et exossam saltationem explicat, id. Met. 1, p. 104, 3.—
(b). Loose, negligent: dictio, Sid. Ep. 6, 18.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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