Definitions for Oscan

Oscan Os·can

Spelling: [os-kuh n]
IPA: /ˈɒs kən/

Oscan is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Oscan (acnos).

Definitions for Oscan

noun

  1. one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
  2. the Indo-European, probably Italic, language of the Oscans, written in an alphabet derived from the Etruscan.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Oscans or their language.

Origin of Oscan

1590-1600; Latin Osc(ī) the Oscans + -an1

Examples for Oscan

The Oscan dialect was preserved even when they were introduced at Rome.

We have now to notice the points in which Umbrian has diverged from Oscan.

Recinos, in characters partaking more of the Oscan than the Greek form; those of more recent date are decidedly Greek, ΡΗΓ.

It is difficult, too, to say whether some of them were Latin or Oscan most.

Ennius said that he had three hearts, for he spoke threexiv tongues—the Greek, the Oscan, and the Latin.

Beyond this are the Oscan graves (31-32), several of which have been explored.

This building, however, is not old enough to have been mentioned in an Oscan inscription.

It seems highly improbable that they were performed in the Oscan language.

The use, but probably not the restriction, appears in Oscan and Umbrian.

From this language the name of the city came; for pompe in Oscan meant 'five.'

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