Osca

See also: osca, oscă, ośca, and Òsca

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Osca.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Osca f

1. Huesca (a city and province of Spain)

Derived terms

• oscense

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia Bolskan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ka/, [ˈɔs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ka/, [ˈɔskä]

Proper noun

Osca f sg (genitive Oscae); first declension

1. An ancient city in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Huesca
2. A city in Hispania Baetica

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Osca
Genitive	Oscae
Dative	Oscae
Accusative	Oscam
Ablative	Oscā
Vocative	Osca
Locative	Oscae

Derived terms

• Oscensis

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ὄσκα (Óska)
• Spanish: Huesca

References

• “Osca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Osca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.