Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An extinct Sabellic language known from inscriptions in east central Italy from the seventh to the third centuries BC that are among the earliest preserved Italic texts.
- adjective Of or relating to South Picene.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin Pīcēnum, ancient name for the region of Italy where the inscriptions have been found.]
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Examples
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Indeed, so successful was Latin that it supplanted all its ancient linguistic cousins—other Italic languages once spoken on the so-called Italic Peninsula: Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Indeed, so successful was Latin that it supplanted all its ancient linguistic cousins—other Italic languages once spoken on the so-called Italic Peninsula: Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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As is shown on Omniglot regarding Italic scripts, the only form of "u" used in North Picene is equivalent to the South Picene character transcribed as "uu".
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