OSCAN


Meaning of OSCAN in English

[ '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.