Faliscann.adj.
/fəˈlɪskən/ A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient Etrurian city of Falerii.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun]
Albana1387
Latina1398
Venetian1432
Picentine1598
sybarite1598
Faliscan1600
Picene1601
sybaritan1608
Picenian1610
Peucetian1615
Pompeian1654
Praenestine1683
Iapygian1773
Messapian1773
Atestine1924
Cumaean1931
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. 197 It was the manner amongst the Faliscians, to entertaine..one that should both teach and instruct them [sc. their children] in schoole.
1686 tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (new ed.) vii. xvii. 183 The whole Nation of the Tuscans took Arms, and led on by the..Faliscans, were advanced as far as Salinae.
2. The dialect or language of Falerii and its environs, or its alphabet, of Etruscan origin.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Faliscan
Faliscan1875
Praenestinian1939
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 610/2 The second [family of Italian alphabets contains] the Latin and Faliscan... These three languages are all written from right to left, in which the Faliscan agrees with them.
1883 I. Taylor Alphabet II. 127 The Faliscan and the Latin [alphabets], wedged in between the Etruscan and the Oscan.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Falerii, its inhabitants, dialect, or produce.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [adjective]
Latinc1400
Latian1598
sybarite1599
Messapian1608
Faliscan1686
Peucetiana1734
sybaritic1786
Iapygian1864
Venetian1866
Atestine1931
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > Faliscan
Faliscan1686
1686 tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (new ed.) vii. xvii. 183 ‘Table’, Faliscan Priests with flaming Torches.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July 530/4 The last five plates figure Italian fabrics, Faliscan, Apulian and Campanian.
1965 W. S. Allen Vox Latina iii. 64 A Faliscan inscription.
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