South Pi·cene

(pī′sēn′)

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.

adj.

Of or relating to South Picene.

[From Latin Pīcēnum, ancient name for the region of Italy where the inscriptions have been found.]

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References in periodicals archive

In Sabellian, the attested accusatives of singular personal pronouns include the Volscian miom, Umbrian and South Picene tiom and Oscan siom (Rix, La lingua, 231, n.

A new look at an old problem: on the origin of the pronominal augment -ne

The other three are in the Common Sabellian subgroup: Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene. It is these languages for which he describes the demonstratives.

Sabellian demonstratives; forms and functions

267): South Picene esmen is not morphologically identical with Vedic asmin but comes from *esmei-en.

Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction

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