A.like a strainer, perforated, Hero Spir.1.8, Plu.2.699a; “κοιλίαι” Aret.SD2.3.
II.τὸἠ. ὀστοῦν the ethmoid or perforated bone at the root of the nose, Gal.UP11.12: 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.