Oscan

Meaning

1. The extinct language of the Oscan people.
2. A member of an ancient group of Italic-speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci).
3. Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system.

Etymology / origin

From Latin Osci, Opsci ("worshippers of Ops"), an Italic harvest goddess, related to Latin ops, opis (“riches, wealth, plenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-os- (“work”), from the verbal root *h₃ep- (“to work”).

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