Oscan

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• Oscan — Os can, a. Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient Italy. n. The language of the Osci. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oscan — 1> осканец (житель южной Италии) 2> осканский или италийский диалект …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• Oscan — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system. 2. noun a) A member of an ancient group of Italic speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci). b) The language of the Oscan people …   Wiktionary

• Oscan — noun Etymology: Latin Oscus Date: 1753 1. a member of a people of ancient Italy occupying Campania 2. the language of the Oscan people see Indo European languages table …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Oscan — осканец (житель южной Италии) осканский или италийский диалект …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• Oscan — 1) Общая лексика: италийский диалект, осканский диалект, осканский или италийский диалект, осканец (житель южной Италии) 2) Лингвистика: оскский (язык) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь



• Oscan language — Oscan Denarius of Marsican Confederation with Oscan legend Spoken in Samnium, Campania, Lucania …   Wikipedia

• Oscan language — Italic language formerly spoken in southern and central Italy, related closely to Umbrian and more distantly to Latin. It was probably the native tongue of the Samnite people of Italy s central mountainous region. Oscan was gradually displaced by …   Universalium

• non-Oscan — adj., n. * * * …   Universalium

• Italic languages — Indo European languages spoken in the Apennine Peninsula (Italy) during the 1st millennium BC, after which only Latin survived. Traditionally thought to be a subfamily of related languages, these languages include Latin, Faliscan, Osco Umbrian,… …   Universalium