Faliscan

American  

[fuh-lis-kuhn] / fəˈlɪs kən /

noun

• Faliscans,
  plural
• Faliscan
  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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Faliscan
  plural
• Faliscans
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Faliscan

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Faliscan Faliscans

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

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart

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 Aubrey Stewart

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

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

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

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 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

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

For the Faliscans, like the Greeks, had one common school, as they wished all their children to be brought up together.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart

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