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Osca

Osca · f

a town in Hispania Tarraconensis

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What it meant

1. Osca — Lewis & Short

Osca, ae, f.,

I a town in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Huesca, in Aragon, Vell. 2, 30, 1; Flor. 3, 22, 9.—Hence, Oscensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Osca, a town of Spain, Oscan: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 57: argentum, with the Oscan stamp, Liv. 34, 10. —In plur.: Oscenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Osca, the Oscans, Caes. B. C. 1, 60; Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 24.

2. ösca — Walde–Hofmann

ösca, -ae f. „Speise; Lockspeise, Köder* (seit Liv. Andr., rom, [auch „Wurm“, vgl. nhd. Querder eig. „Köder“], ebenso escárius, -a, -um „Speise-* [münsae Paul Fest. 77, vites, vds Plin. pd. -üria n. „Eßgeschirr“ Iuv. [rom. in anderen Bedd.], Zscariola, -ae 1. [vulg. scar-) „Art Endivie^ seit Diosc. [sc. Zactüca, Lehnübersetzung von gr. tpWEinog, Fischer-Benzon Gartenflora 105, Wartburg III 245; daneben intubus); … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ösca, p. 452]

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  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ösca (scan p. 452; entry #1032).

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