tuscus
See also: Tuscus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an earlier form *Truscus[1] or possibly *Turscus (compare Umbrian Turskum),[2] a shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”),[1] which see for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtus.kus/, [ˈt̪ʊs̠kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtus.kus/, [ˈt̪uskus]
Adjective
[edit]tuscus (feminine tusca, neuter tuscum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | tuscus | tusca | tuscum | tuscī | tuscae | tusca | |
| genitive | tuscī | tuscae | tuscī | tuscōrum | tuscārum | tuscōrum | |
| dative | tuscō | tuscae | tuscō | tuscīs | |||
| accusative | tuscum | tuscam | tuscum | tuscōs | tuscās | tusca | |
| ablative | tuscō | tuscā | tuscō | tuscīs | |||
| vocative | tusce | tusca | tuscum | tuscī | tuscae | tusca | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- tuscus 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)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Tuscan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Giuliano Bonfante, Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction, Revised Edition (2002, →ISBN), page 51: In other languages, the Etruscans' name comes from a stem turs- (Latin Tuscus, from *Turs-cos, archaic Umbrian turskum (numen), later Umbrian tuscom (nome), Latin Etruria from *E-trus-ia (?), Greek Tyrs-enoi (from Greek tyrsis, Latin turris, 'tower')).