ὀστώδης
ostōdēs

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning bony
Literal translation bony
Variants
ὀστώδης ostōdēs
Edited by
bony zodiac sign quality

Ταῦρός ἐστι (…) ὀστῶδες

‘Taurus is a (…) bony (zodiac sign)’

— Vettius Valens 1.2.8

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὀστώδης (Lemma #2764). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2764/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὀστώδης (Lemma #2764). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2764/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὀστώδης (Lemma #2764). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2764/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ὀστώδης (Lemma #2764), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2764/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2764,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὀστώδης ({Lemma} #2764)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2764/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2764/},
}