Oscianadj.n.
/ˈɒskɪən/, U.S. /ˈɑskiən/ Now rare.† A. adj.
1. = Oscan adj. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [adjective]
Tuscan1513
Vestinian1578
Oscian1598
Sabine1600
Marrucine1601
Volscian1601
Ausonian1607
Marsian1614
Marrucian1661
Oscan1661
Paelignian1661
Samnite1753
Samnitic1753
Sabellian1841
Marrucinian1863
Venetic1880
Sabinian1902
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. iv. 94 The Oscian play [L. Oscum ludicrum], a light sport pleasing the peoples humor.
1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Æneis vii. 24 in tr. Virgil Wks. Saticulus with them And Oscian bands [L. Oscorum manus].
1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. III. 92 And the Oscian Band.
a1766 J. Grainger Fate of Capua (1836) I. iii. 130 They ransack nature, With myrtle crown'd, compose lewd Oscian odes, Or die with raptures at a minstrel's screaming.
2. = Oscan adj. 2. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > Osco-Umbrian
Vestinian1578
Oscian1600
Paelignian1661
Oscan1797
Umbrian1864
Marsian1883
Sabine1888
Osco-Umbrian1894
Oscan-Umbrian1895
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. 365 Such as were well seene in the Osciane toung [L. Oscae linguae].
1851 Encycl. Americana XI. 85/2 Besides the old Italian language, we read of the Etrurian, the Oscian, and Volscian, which, perhaps, were only different dialects.
B. n.
1. = Oscan n. 2.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Osco-Umbrian > Osco-Umbrian languages
Oscan1813
Sabine1834
Oscian1851
Umbrian1854
Samnite1859
Volscian1859
Paelignian1897
Sabellian1904
Marrucinian1933
Marsian1933
Vestinian1939
Marsic1974
Marrucine1995
1851 Encycl. Americana XI. 85/2 The Oscian maintained itself still later among the Atellani.
1998 Kuehner's Latin Grammar in humanities.classics (Usenet newsgroup) 7 Dec. Drawing not only on Italic, Oscian, Umbrian, Greek, Sanskrit, Zend, etc. but also the forms provided by theoretical constructions.
2. = Oscan n. 1.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [noun]
Sabinea1387
Tuscana1387
Volscea1387
Samnite1390
Venetian1432
Volscian1513
Marrucian1578
Marsi1578
Marsian1578
Vestinian1578
Tarentine1579
Marrucine1600
Paelignian1600
Sabellian1601
Tyrrhenian1660
Lucanian1709
Tyrrhene1736
Oscan1740
Marrucinian1863
Oscian1875
Ausonian1882
Osco-Umbrian1894
Oscan-Umbrian1960
1875 Ladies' Repository Nov. 413/2 The history, arts, and customs of the Tyrrhenians, Sicilians, Umbrians, Oscians, and Etruscans, were overlooked.
1918 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 48 80 The prehistoric part..includes the Ligures, the Umbrians, the Oscians, the Pelasgi, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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