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Webster 1913 Edition
Oscines
‖
Os′ci-nes
,Noun.
pl.
[L.
oscen
, -inis
.] (Zool.)
Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability.
Definition 2024
oscines
oscines
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈos.ki.neːs/, [ˈɔs.kɪ.neːs]
Noun
oscinēs m
References
- oscĭnes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oscines”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- oscines in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oscines in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin