ἠθμοειδής

A. like a strainer, perforated, Hero Spir. 1.8, Plu. 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.