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adj
Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The extinct language of the Oscan people.
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noun
A member of an ancient group of Italic-speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci).
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noun
an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Osco-Umbrian
noun
an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
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Broader terms: Italian
History
From Latin Osci, Opsci ("worshippers of Ops"), an Italic harvest goddess, related to Latin ops, opis (“riches, wealth, plenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h3ep- (“to work”).
Across languages
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