LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculine

Oscī

Oscī m (singular Oscus)
Classical[ˈɔs.kiː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔʃ.ʃi]

Meaning

  1. The Oscans, an ancient Italic people in Southern Italy.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeOscus
Osca, Oscum		Oscī
Oscae, Osca
genitiveOscī
Oscae		Oscōrum
Oscārum
dativeOscō
Oscae		Oscīs
accusativeOscum
Oscam		Oscōs
Oscās, Osca
ablativeOscō
Oscā		Oscīs
vocativeOsce
Osca, Oscum		Oscī
Oscae, Osca

Osci, ōrum, m.,
I. the Oscans, a primitive people of Campania; in more ancient times called also Opici and Opsci (Obsci), Verg. A. 7, 730; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 198 Müll. —Hence,
II. Oscus, a, um, adj., Oscan: ludi, Cic. Fam. 7, 1: lingua, Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll.; Verg. A. 7, 730; Liv. 10, 20, 8: ludicrum, Tac. A. 4, 14.—Adv.: Oscē, in Oscan: qui Osce et Volsce fabulantur: nam Latine nesciunt, Titin. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll.: dicere aliquid, Varr. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.: scire, Gell. 17, 17, 1.

Origins

See above. Cognate with Latin opicus (“ignorant, stupid”), re-borrowed from Ancient Greek.

In English words that came into English from Oscī

  • OscanOscī

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyOsciEth. Osci or OPICI (in Greek always Ὄπικοι: the. original form of the name was OPSCUS, which was still used by Ennius, ap. Fest. s. v. p. 198), a nati…

Quick answers

What does Oscī mean in Latin?
Oscī, a noun, means “The Oscans, an ancient Italic people in Southern Italy.”.
How do you pronounce Oscī?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔs.kiː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔʃ.ʃi].