Faliscan

American  

[fuh-lis-kuhn] / fəˈlɪs kən /

noun

Faliscans plural

1. a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.

2. the Italic language spoken by this people, closely related to Latin.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Faliscans or their language.

Faliscan British  

/ fəˈlɪskən /

noun

1. an ancient language of Italy, spoken in the area north of the Tiber. It was closely related to Latin, which displaced it before 200 _bc

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Etymology

Origin of Faliscan

1590–1600; < Latin Falisc ( us ) of Falerii, major city of the Faliscans + -an

Example Sentences

At the decree of the Senate, Camillus raised a force and invaded the Faliscan territory.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

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 Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

After this, Camillus invaded the Faliscan territory, and in a great battle overthrew that people, and the Capenates who came to their assistance.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey

A large number of inscriptions consisting mainly of proper names may be regarded as Etruscan rather than Faliscan, and they have been disregarded in the account of the dialect just given.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

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