Oscan

//ˈɑːskən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an ancient group of Italic-speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci).
  2. 2
    an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy, spoken by a number of tribes, including the Samnites, the Aurunci, and the Sidicini wordnet
  3. 3
    an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The extinct language of the Oscan people.

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Etymology

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”).

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