Tusculan

T1U1S1C3U1L1A1N1
/ˈtʌskjʊlən/

adjective

Of or relating to Tusculum.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjective
  1. 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 202
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    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

    Alongside 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
    1. historicalOf or relating to the counts of Tusculum, the most powerful secular noblemen in Latium, near Rome, between the 10th and 12th centuries.
nounTusculan (plural Tusculans)

plural Tusculans

  1. historicalA native or inhabitant of Tusculum.

Origin

  1. LatinTusculānus
  2. EnglishTusculan

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

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Translations

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
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APA

Tusculan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tusculan

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Chicago

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