Extinct language of southern Italy.
1 Their language was, originally, Oscan , as well as the characters represented.
2 The illustrious race of Messius - Oscan : Sarmentus's mistress is still alive.
3 Both Umbrian and Oscan devised two new symbols.
4 The Oscan and Umbrian -vorsus- of one hundred square feet corresponds exactly with the Greek -plethron-
5 The case is also found in Sanskrit, Zend, Oscan and Umbrian, and traces remain in other languages.
6 All Latin words which resemble the Greek are Pelasgian, and all which do not are Etruscan, Oscan , or Umbrian.
7 This 'type' was considered to be specifically Southern Italian and was comparable to other regional 'types', like the Oscan or Samnitic 'type'.
8 As the Oscan of the "barbarous" Sabines was not quite the Italian of Dante nor even the Latin of Virgil.
9 The real home of these pieces was therefore Latium, their poetical stage was the Latinized Oscan land; with the Oscan nation they have no connection.
10 Whether it has any connection with the Ligurian and Oscan dialects are questions upon which, of course, I do not presume to offer any opinion.
11 So at least it sounded to the Roman ear; "Tuscan and Gallic" were the languages of barbarians, " Oscan and Volscian" were but rustic dialects.
12 On page 258, speaking of an Oscan inscription, he mentions Mommsen, which shows that he kept himself up to date in such researches....
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