Ŏăsis, is, f., = Ὄασις [orig. a Coptic word],
I an inhabited spot, a fertile piece of land in the Libyan desert, an oasis; esp. the great oasis in Upper Egypt, to which criminals were banished by the emperors , Cod. Just. 9, 47, 26; Dig. 48, 22, 7, § 5.— Hence,
A Ŏăsēnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Oasis : Oasena deportatio, Cod. Th. 9, 32.—
B Ŏăsītes , ae, m., adj., of or belonging to Oasis, Oasite : Oasitae nomi, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50.