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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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
All the cast members — including a gimlet-eyed Louis Cancelmi as Coriolanus’s Volscian archrival and secret soul mate, Tullus Aufidius; and Nneka Okafor as his neglected wife, Virgilia — speak with engaging, heightened naturalism.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 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
He gave himself the lead role of General Caius Martius, and cast Gerard Butler, once the Spartan hero of 300, as Aufidius, a rival general in the Volscian provinces.
From Time • Dec. 4, 2011
Joachim Vincent Pecci, since 1878 Pope, under the name of Leo the Thirteenth, was born at Carpineto, in the Volscian hills, in 1810.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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