† Volscen.
Obsolete.
= Volscian n. 1.
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Sabinea1387
Tuscana1387
Volscea1387
Samnite1390
Venetian1432
Volscian1513
Marrucian1578
Marsi1578
Marsian1578
Vestinian1578
Tarentine1579
Marrucine1600
Paelignian1600
Sabellian1601
Tyrrhenian1660
Lucanian1709
Tyrrhene1736
Oscan1740
Marrucinian1863
Oscian1875
Ausonian1882
Osco-Umbrian1894
Oscan-Umbrian1960
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 159 He ouercame þe Vulces and þe Gabies, and made pees wiþ Tuscans.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xx. 114 To seik supporte of þe pepill namyt Wolchis [v.r. Wolches].
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 251 Vpon returne of the Volsces ambassadours..Tullus caused an assembly generall to be made of the Volsces.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 224 The newes is sir, the Volcies are in Armes. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 249 The Volces haue much Corne. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iv. 28 He that retires, Ile take him for a Volce.
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