Volscian
Americanadjective
noun
noun
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a member of the Volsci
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the extinct language of the Volsci, closely related to Umbrian
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Volscian
Example Sentences
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Pascal Tagnati goes for Johnny Depp-adjacent levels of parody as a pirate version of the Volscian leader Aufidius, and the entire play takes place under “CorioLand” signs that read like advertisements for racing cars.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
Then, having been persuaded to run for civilian office as a consul and effectively forced into exile by the plebeian mob, in bitterness he puts himself at the service of that same Volscian enemy.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
After he leads the victory in the Volscian city of Corioli, he’s renamed in remembrance of the event and put up for the top job.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
And as Coriolanus’s primary combatant, the Volscian general Tullus Aufidius, Matthew Amendt has a wolflike ferocity that makes their antagonistic encounters on the field persuasive.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2016
Born and bred in the keen air of the Volscian hills, he is a southern Italian, but of the mountains, and there is still about him something of the hill people.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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