miio

Oscan

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meos, cognate to Latin meus (“my, mine”).

Determiner

miio

  1. (hapax) my, mine (with feminine nouns)
    • c. 1st century, Pompeiian word square, edited and with translation by Peter Schrijver
      Roma oiim, miio amor
      Rome [is] hate, mine love

Usage notes

A hapax legomenon only found in a Pompeiian word square. In later copies of the square, the now-obscured Oscan terms oiim (“hate”) and miio are amended to Latin olim and Milō.

Further reading
  • Schrijver, Peter (2016), “Oscan love of Rome”, in Glotta‎, volume 92, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved January 21, 2023, pages 223–226
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