tuscus

See also: Tuscus

Latin

Alternative forms

Tuscus

Etymology

From an earlier form *Truscus^[1] or possibly *Turscus (compare Umbrian Turskum),^[2] a shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”),^[1] which see for more.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtʊs.kʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪us.kus]

Adjective

tuscus (feminine tusca, neuter tuscum); first/second-declension adjective

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	tuscus	tusca	tuscum	tuscī	tuscae	tusca
genitive	tuscī	tuscae	tuscī	tuscōrum	tuscārum	tuscōrum
dative	tuscō	tuscae	tuscō	tuscīs
accusative	tuscum	tuscam	tuscum	tuscōs	tuscās	tusca
ablative	tuscō	tuscā	tuscō	tuscīs
vocative	tusce	tusca	tuscum	tuscī	tuscae	tusca

Derived terms

Tuscia

Descendants

Asturian: toscu, >? tollu, >? tochu
Catalan: tosc, >? toix
Friulian: tosc
Italian: tosco
Portuguese: tosco
Spanish: tosco
- Sicilian: toscu
Sicilian: tuscu
Venetan: tosco
- → Albanian: toskë
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *tusculus
- Aragonese: tocho
  - → Catalan: totxo
- Spanish: tocho

References

"tuscus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Tuscan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ Giuliano Bonfante, Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction, Revised Edition (2002, →ISBN), page 51: In other languages, the Etruscans' name comes from a stem turs- (Latin Tuscus, from *Turs-cos, archaic Umbrian turskum (numen), later Umbrian tuscom (nome), Latin Etruria from *E-trus-ia (?), Greek Tyrs-enoi (from Greek tyrsis, Latin turris, 'tower')).

[Etymonline-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Tuscan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[Bonfante-2] Giuliano Bonfante, Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language: An Introduction, Revised Edition (2002, →ISBN), page 51: In other languages, the Etruscans' name comes from a stem turs- (Latin Tuscus, from *Turs-cos, archaic Umbrian turskum (numen), later Umbrian tuscom (nome), Latin Etruria from *E-trus-ia (?), Greek Tyrs-enoi (from Greek tyrsis, Latin turris, 'tower')).

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