corpus nudis ossibus cohaerens (in plur. also nudis ossibus cohaerentia; Vid: Sen., Ep., 24, 17): ossa, -ium, neuter (the bones; e.g., belluae, lacertarum et serpentium). ☞ Sceletus, σκελετός, is = a dried body, a mummy; ☞ Apul., Met., 315, 2 and 9, with 314, 34, sq. He is a mere skeleton, vix ossibus haeret (Verg., Ecl., 3, 102); ossa atque pellis totus est (Plaut., Aul., 3, 6, 28). ImPROP., homo (e.g., senex) macie et squalore confectus.