Meanings
- historicalOf or relating to Tusculum.
The Tusculan troops also joined them.
1871, Titus Livius, translated by D. Spillan, The History of Rome, New York, page 2022 more examples
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 3Alongside the letters, any discussion of Cicero's understanding of grief must consider his Tusculan Disputations.
2024, Anthony Smart, Grief & Sorrow in the Roman World, page 85
Origin
- LatinTusculānus
- EnglishTusculan
From Latin Tusculānus, from Tusculum + -ānus. By surface analysis, Tusculum + -an.
More words from Latin
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French tusculan, Tusculan
- tusculanof or relating to Tusculum
- Tusculannative or inhabitant of Tusculum
- Tusculanenative or inhabitant of Tusculum
Latin Tusculānus, Tusculānus
- Tusculānusof or relating to Tusculum
- Tusculānusnative or inhabitant of Tusculum
- Tusculānanative or inhabitant of Tusculum
Russian тускула́нский
- тускула́нский (tuskulánskij)of or relating to Tusculum
Cite this entry
Tusculan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tusculan
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