Tyrrhenian

alternative Tyrsenian

1. not comparableEtruscan; of Etruria.

   Synonyms: Tyrrhene

2. not comparablehuman sciencesOf the languages of the Tyrrhenian family: Etruscan, Raetic or Lemnian.
3. not comparableOf or relating to the Tyrrhenian Sea.

   This word [mufrone, 'mouflon'] has no Latin etymology and, especially since it specifically refers to animals endemic to the Tyrrhenian islands, it is suspect of being of pre-Roman origin.

   2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 273

plural Tyrrhenians · alternative Tyrsenian

1. An Etruscan.

   Among the ancient Tyrrhenians also mixoscopy was prevalent.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 157

   Synonyms: Tyrrhene

alternative Tyrsenian

1. A proposed extinct language family consisting of Etruscan, Raetic and Lemnian.

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   Nuragic and Etruscan would have been introduced to Sardinia and Etruria ca. 1000 BCE from Anatolia. More specifically, the putative introduction of Tyrrhenian in these places, as well as in Corsica, the Balearic islands and the Iberian Peninsula is connected to a so-called "thalassocracy" and ensuing colonization by the Lydian people of Anatolia.

   2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 21

2. geographyA sub-age from 0.26 to 0.01143 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.