oiim
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Oscan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *odjom, cognate to Latin odium.
Noun[edit]
oiim n
- (hapax) hate
- c. 1st century, Pompeiian word square, edited and with translation by Peter Schrijver
- Roma oiim, miio amor
- Rome [is] hate, mine love
- c. 1st century, Pompeiian word square, edited and with translation by Peter Schrijver
Usage notes[edit]
A hapax legomenon only found in a Pompeiian word square. In other copies of the square, the Latin terms Latin olim and Milō take the place of the Oscan terms oiim (“hate”) and miio.