Osci

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Italic people from Campania in Italy.

Word forms

Osci

Etymology

From Latin Osci, worshippers of Ops (“earth goddess, fertility deity”), from ops (“plenty”). Known by the Greeks as Ὀπικοί (Opikoí), Ὀσκοί (Oskoí).

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