Note 2487 — BOOK XXIX. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
John Bostock translation
The Opici or Osci were an ancient tribe of Italy, settled in Campania, Latium, and Samnium. From their uncivilized habits the name was long used as a reproachful epithet, equivalent to our words “bumpkin,” “clodhopper,” or “chawbacon.”