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 — 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 — /os keuhn/, n. 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. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the Oscans or their language. [1590… …   Universalium

• 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