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Tusculan

/ˈtʌskjʊlən/

Tusculan adjective: of or relating to Tusculum.

Adjective

Tusculan

  1. (historical) Of or relating to Tusculum.
    • By some writers, that city was thought to have stood near the modern town of Frascati, and by others near Grotta Ferrata, a convent near which was assumed to have been the actual site of the Tusculan villa of Cicero.1849, B. Dockray, Four Essays, Lancaster, page 3
    • The Tusculan troops also joined them.1871, Titus Livius, translated by D. Spillan, The History of Rome, New York, page 202
    1. (historical) Of or relating to the counts of Tusculum, the most powerful secular noblemen in Latium, near Rome, between the 10th and 12th centuries.

Noun

Tusculan (plural Tusculans)

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of Tusculum.

Forms of Tusculan

pluralTusculans

Origin of Tusculan

From Latin Tusculānus, from Tusculum + -ānus. By surface analysis, Tusculum + -an.

Questions about Tusculan

What does Tusculan mean?
Tusculan means of or relating to Tusculum.
What part of speech is Tusculan?
Tusculan can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Tusculan?
Tusculan is pronounced /ˈtʌskjʊlən/.

Words near Tusculan in the dictionary

  1. Tuscia
  2. Tuscola
  3. Tuscola County
  4. tuscor
  5. tuscors
  6. Tusculan
  7. Tusculans
  8. Tusculum
  9. Tuscumbia
  10. tush
  11. tush push

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