Definitions for oscanˈɒs kən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Os•canˈɒs kən(n.)
an Italic language spoken in much of central and S Italy: gradually supplanted by Latin after the absorption of the area by Rome in the 3rd century b.c.
Category: Peoples
a member of any of the Oscan-speaking peoples of ancient Italy.
Category: Peoples
(adj.)of or pertaining to Oscan or its speakers.
Category: Peoples
Origin of Oscan:
1590–1600; L Osc(ī) the Oscans + -an1
Princeton's WordNet
Oscan(noun)
an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
Oscan(noun)
an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
Wiktionary
Oscan(Noun)
A member of an ancient group of Italic-speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci).
Oscan(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system.
Oscan(ProperNoun)
The language of the Oscan people.
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