Italic

adjective4

1. •
   Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
2. •
   Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
3. •
   (old-fashioned) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages

   • The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.
4. •
   (historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples.

   • There were several Italic alphabets, one being the Etruscan alphabet.