oscen

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of an earlier *opscen, from ops- +‎ -cen (“singer”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈos.ken/, [ˈɔs.kɛn]

Noun

oscen m or f (genitive oscinis); third declension

  1. any bird by whose song or cries (rather than flight) augurs divined omina

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative oscen oscinēs
Genitive oscinis oscinum
Dative oscinī oscinibus
Accusative oscinem oscinēs
Ablative oscine oscinibus
Vocative oscen oscinēs

Derived terms
  • oscinus

References
  • oscen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oscen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oscĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,095/2
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
  • “oscen” on page 1,273/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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