miio

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 0017-1298, JSTOR 24891271, retrieved January 21, 2023, pages 223–226