faliscus

Latin

Etymology

From Falisci, the ethnonym.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faliscus (feminine falisca, neuter faliscum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Faliscan

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative faliscus falisca faliscum faliscī faliscae falisca
Genitive faliscī faliscae faliscī faliscōrum faliscārum faliscōrum
Dative faliscō faliscō faliscīs
Accusative faliscum faliscam faliscum faliscōs faliscās falisca
Ablative faliscō faliscā faliscō faliscīs
Vocative falisce falisca faliscum faliscī faliscae falisca

Noun

faliscus m (genitive faliscī); second declension

  1. a kind of Faliscan sausage
    • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 4.9.20–36:
      Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. […] non lucanica, non graves falisci, non sal oxyporumve caseusve?
      But no, you send me Brutus’ boring stuff, bought for about a Caligulan as from a poor bookseller’s bag. […] Wasn’t there Lucanian boloney, no heavy Faliscian sujuks, no salt, carminative, or cheese?

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faliscus faliscī
Genitive faliscī faliscōrum
Dative faliscō faliscīs
Accusative faliscum faliscōs
Ablative faliscō faliscīs
Vocative falisce faliscī

References
  • faliscus 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)
  • “faliscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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