oscen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔs.kɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔʃ.ʃen]

Noun

oscen m or f (genitive oscinis); third declension

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

   Coordinate term: praepes

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)