Oscan meaning

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A member of an ancient people of Campania.
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The Italic language of the Oscans.
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A member of an ancient people that lived in Campania, in S Italy.
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The Italic language of this people.
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Of the Oscans or their language or culture.
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Oscan Sentence Examples

  • In the 3rd century we find it issuing coins with an Oscan legend, but in 211 B.C. it shared the fate of Capua.

  • Like Umbrian also, but unlike Latin and Oscan, it has degraded all the diphthongs into simple vowels (Volscian se parallel to Oscan svai; Volscian deue, Old Latin and Oscan deivai or deiuoi).

  • We have now to notice (3) the points in which Umbrian has diverged from Oscan.

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