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Definition of Etruscan
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC).
Definition of Etruscan
1. n. Of or relating to Etruria.
Definition of Etruscan
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy. ¹
2. Noun. An inhabitant of ancient Etruria. ¹
3. Proper noun. The extinct language of Etruria, which has no known relation to any other language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etruscan
Literary usage of Etruscan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of Rome by Theodor Mommsen, Joseph Anton F. Wilhelm Ihne, William Purdie Dickson (1871)
"BOOK I. Traditions of Etruscan con quest. have had the character of a military
occupation,i effected at a time when the colonisation of Etruria proper had ..."
2. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"Etruscan Monuments and Decorative Objects. — The so-called Etruscan Vases ...
As to the painted vases known as Etruscan, it will be well to repeat that they ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"By Etruscan is meant the language which was spoken by the Rasens ir. ...
Still there was a time when among the better class of Romans Etruscan was taught, ..."
4. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1878)
"Misa- nello—Singular well-tombs—Coffer-tombs—Dolmens—Tomb or temple of masonry—Etruscan
inscriptions—Statuettes in bronze—Group of Mars and ..."
5. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1873)
"Five of the seven, and their names in the Etruscan language, are found engraved
... Tydeus, one of the heroes, likewise with his name in Etruscan letters, ..."
6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1892)
"Of this legend we have a much earlier Etruscan version in the paintings and
inscriptions of a splendid tomb at Vulci. Now according to a tradition recorded ..."
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