Falisci

See also: falisci

English

Etymology

From Latin Falisci.

Noun

Falisci pl (plural only)

The Faliscan people.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Falisci.

Proper noun

Falisci m pl (plural only)

Falisci, an ancient Italic people who lived in what is now Lazio

Anagrams

fiscali, scalfii

Latin

Etymology

Named after their main city, Falerii. The meaning of the name Falisci is unclear but most likely Italic, as the suffix -sc is distinctive of Italic ethnonyms.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [faˈlɪs.kiː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [faˈliʃ.ʃi]

Proper noun

Faliscī m pl (genitive Faliscōrum); second declension

(history) Falisci

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Faliscī
genitive	Faliscōrum
dative	Faliscīs
accusative	Faliscōs
ablative	Faliscīs
vocative	Faliscī

Derived terms

Latin: faliscus
Italian: Falisci
English: Falisci

References

“Falisci”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ Bakkum, Gabriël CLM (2009). The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship. Thesis, University of Amsterdam. Part I. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

[1] Bakkum, Gabriël CLM (2009). The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship. Thesis, University of Amsterdam. Part I. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

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