tuscus
See also: Tuscus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an earlier form *Truscus[1] or possibly *Turscus (compare Umbrian Turskum),[2] a shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”),[1] which see for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtus.kus/, [ˈt̪ʊs̠kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtus.kus/, [ˈt̪uskus]
Adjective
tuscus (feminine tusca, neuter tuscum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tuscus | tusca | tuscum | tuscī | tuscae | tusca | |
| Genitive | tuscī | tuscae | tuscī | tuscōrum | tuscārum | tuscōrum | |
| Dative | tuscō | tuscō | tuscīs | ||||
| Accusative | tuscum | tuscam | tuscum | tuscōs | tuscās | tusca | |
| Ablative | tuscō | tuscā | tuscō | tuscīs | |||
| Vocative | tusce | tusca | tuscum | tuscī | tuscae | tusca | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- tuscus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Tuscan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Giuliano Bonfante, Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction, Revised Editon (2002, →ISBN), page 51: In other languages, the Etruscans' name comes from a stem turs- (Latin Tuscus, from *Turs-cos, archaic Umbrian turskum (numen), later Umbrian tuscom (nome), Latin Etruria from *E-trus-ia (?), Greek Tyrs-enoi (from Greek tyrsis, Latin turris, 'tower')).