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adjective

ossĭfrăgus

fem. ossĭfrăga · neut. ossĭfrăgum
2. os-frango
bone-breaking
bone-breaking, Cass. Sev. ap. Sen. Contr. 5, 33.—
the sea-eagle; osprey •
Subst.: ossĭfrăgus, i, m., and ossĭfrăga, ae, f., the sea-eagle, osprey, Plin. 10, 7, 8, § 20; 30, 7, 20, § 63: accipitres, atque ossifragae, Lucr. 5, 1079; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 59.
Perseus ID: n33136 Key: ossifragus