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Definition of Oscan-speaking
1. Adjective. Able to communicate in Oscan.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscan-speaking
Literary usage of Oscan-speaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of Rome by Frank Frost Abbott (1906)
"One was made up of the Umbrians and the Oscan-speaking peoples; the other was Latin.
... The most powerful of the Oscan- speaking peoples were the Samnites, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... might have been taken for a piece of Umbrian text appearing in a district
remote from Umbria and hemmed in by Latins on the north and Oscan-speaking ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society (1884)
"... Oscan-speaking inhabitants had settled after being expelled to make room for
Sulla's veterans. Further the four inscc. were all painted at the corners ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... as well as the still Oscan-speaking Samnites and Lucanians, rushed to arms.
No time was lost in proclaiming their plans for he future. ..."
5. Outlines of Roman History by Henry Francis Pelham (1893)
"... as well as the still Oscan-speaking Samnites and Lucanians, rushed to arms.
No time was lost in proclaiming their plans for the future. ..."
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