οστεοφυλάκιο

Greek

Etymology

οστό (ostó, bone) + φυλάσσω (fylásso, to guard, to protect). First attested 1889.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /osteofiˈlacio/
  • Hyphenation: ο‧στε‧ο‧φυ‧λά‧κι‧ο

Noun

οστεοφυλάκιο • (osteofylákio) n (plural οστεοφυλάκια)

  1. ossuary (building for holding the bones of the dead)
    Όταν εκταφεί ο παππούς, τα κόκαλα θα πάνε στο οστεοφυλάκιο.
    Ótan ektafeí o pappoús, ta kókala tha páne sto osteofylákio.
    When grandad is exhumed, his bones will be brought to the ossuary.

Declension

Synonyms

  • (ossuary): χωνευτήριο n (choneftírio), χωνευτήρι n (choneftíri)
  • λειψανοθήκη f (leipsanothíki, bone container)
  • κοινοτάφιο n (koinotáfio, communal grave)
  • οστεοθήκη f (osteothíki, bone container)
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