miio
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Oscan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *meos, cognate to Latin meus (“my, mine”).
Pronoun[edit]
miio
- (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
- c. 1st century, Pompeiian word square, edited and with translation by Peter Schrijver
Usage notes[edit]
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.