Faliscan
Americannoun
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Faliscans,
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Faliscan
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a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.
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the Italic language spoken by this people, closely related to Latin.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Faliscan
1590–1600; < Latin Falisc ( us ) of Falerii, major city of the Faliscans + -an
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In the Faliscan country on the Via Campana in the Campus Cornetus is a grove in which rises a spring, and there the bones of birds and of lizards and other reptiles are seen lying.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Except possibly Faliscan, the other dialects of Italy did not borrow their alphabet directly from the western Greeks as the Romans did, but received it at second hand through the Etruscans.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
At the decree of the Senate, Camillus raised a force and invaded the Faliscan territory.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
Of this latter process we have now a beautiful sample in a skull discovered in the excavations of Faleria, and exhibited in the Faliscan Museum at the Villa Giulia, outside the Porta del Popolo.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
Parallel to these forms with p are forms in the Italic languages except Latin and Faliscan, and in the Cymric group of the Celtic languages.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
The Senate referred the ambassadors to Camillus for their first answer; and he, after receiving a contribution in money, and having made a treaty of alliance with the Faliscans, drew off his forces.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
Camillus, it is said, had him whipped back into the town by his pupils, and the Faliscans were so affected by this generosity that they at once surrendered.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
And when the people had ratified the election, he marched with his forces into the territories of the Faliscans, and laid seige to Falerii, a well-fortified city, and plentifully stored with all necessaries of war.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
The Roman was ready at every moment to draw his sword for battle with Faliscans, Samnites, or Etruscans.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
And when the people had ratified the election, he marched with his forces into the territories of the Faliscans, and laid siege to Falerii, a well-fortified city, and plentifully stored with all necessaries of war.
From The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by John S. (John Stuart) White
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