Italic

== English == === Etymology === Via Latin ītalicus from Ancient Greek Ἰταλικός (Italikós), from Ἰταλία (Italía, “Italy”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈtalɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈtælɪk/ === Adjective === Italic (not comparable) Of or relating to the Italian peninsula. (Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy (dated) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages Synonyms: Osco-Umbrian, Sabellic, Sabellian (historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples. ==== Derived terms ==== Gallo-Italic Italicism ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Italic The Italic family taken as a whole. ==== Derived terms ==== Proto-Italic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== italic italics