faliscus

Latin

Etymology

From Falisci, the ethnonym.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /faˈlis.kus/, [fäˈlʲɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈlis.kus/, [fäˈliskus]

Adjective

faliscus (feminine falisca, neuter faliscum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Faliscan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	faliscus	falisca	faliscum		faliscī	faliscae	falisca
genitive	faliscī	faliscae	faliscī		faliscōrum	faliscārum	faliscōrum
dative	faliscō	faliscae	faliscō		faliscīs
accusative	faliscum	faliscam	faliscum		faliscōs	faliscās	falisca
ablative	faliscō	faliscā	faliscō		faliscīs
vocative	falisce	falisca	faliscum		faliscī	faliscae	falisca

Noun

faliscus m (genitive faliscī); second declension

1. a kind of Faliscan sausage
   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 4.9.20–36:

     Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. […] non lucanica, non graves falisci, non sal oxyporumve caseusve?

     But no, you send me Brutus’ boring stuff, bought for about a Caligulan as from a poor bookseller’s bag. […] Wasn’t there Lucanian boloney, no heavy Faliscian sujuks, no salt, carminative, or cheese?

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	faliscus	faliscī
genitive	faliscī	faliscōrum
dative	faliscō	faliscīs
accusative	faliscum	faliscōs
ablative	faliscō	faliscīs
vocative	falisce	faliscī

References

• faliscus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “faliscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers