oscen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ken/, [ˈɔs̠kɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈoʃ.ʃen/, [ˈɔʃːen]

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 noun.

	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^[1], 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)