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 any bird by whose song or cries (rather than flight) augurs divined omens Coordinate term: praepes ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== 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. “oscen” on page 1,273/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)