[ 'ɒsk(ə)n ]
■ noun an extinct Italic language of southern Italy, related to Umbrian and surviving in inscriptions mainly of the 4th to 1st centuries BC.
■ adjective relating to ~.
Origin
C16: from L. Oscus '~' + -an .
[ 'ɒsk(ə)n ]
■ noun an extinct Italic language of southern Italy, related to Umbrian and surviving in inscriptions mainly of the 4th to 1st centuries BC.
■ adjective relating to ~.
Origin
C16: from L. Oscus '~' + -an .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004