Oscan (oskan)

and a. [L. Osci, pl. of Oscus (adj. Oscus ), OL. Opscus, Obscus, whence also L. Opicus, Oscan: see defs.] I. n. 1. One of an Italic race occupying a great part of southern Italy in ancient times. 2. A language, akin 4165 to the Latin and Umbrian, spoken in Samnium, Camp an i a, etc. It had not entirely disappeared as a spoken tongue in the time of the earlier emperors. II. a. Of or pertaining to the Oscans or their language: as, the Oscan cities; the Oscan language; an Oscan inscription. oscheal (os'kē-al), a . [ ὄσχη , the scrotum, + -al.] Pertaining to the scrotum. oscheitis (os-ke-it is) -ī'tis), n. [NL., όσχη , the scrotum, + -it is .] In pathol ., inflammation of the scrotum. oscheocele (os'kē-ō-sel), n. [ κήλη , tumor.] A tumor of the scrotum; a scrotal hernia.