MESSAPIC

Meaning of MESSAPIC in English

I. adjective

see messapian I

II. noun

see messapian II

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MESSAPIC — /meuh say"pik, -sap"ik/ , n. an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MESSAPIC LANGUAGE — also spelled Messapian, Indo-European language spoken by tribes (Messapii and Iapyges) living in the southeastern part of Italy in pre-Roman …
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MESSAPIC ALPHABET — also called Messapian Alphabet, one of two Italian offshoots of the TarentineIonic variety of the Greek alphabet. It was adopted …
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MESSAPIAN — I. mə̇ˈsāpēən adjective or mes·sapic -sāpik, -sap- Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Messapii + English -an or -ic 1. : …
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MESSAPII — English Messapians ancient pre-Roman people of the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula (Calabria and Apulia) who, with the closely …
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ILLYRIAN LANGUAGE — Indo-European language spoken in pre-Roman times along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and in southeastern Italy. The language …
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