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Trossŭli

Trossŭli · m

a name given to the Roman cavalry

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What it meant

1. Trossŭli — Lewis & Short

Trossŭli, ōrum, m.,

I a name given to the Roman cavalry, from Trossulum, a town of Etruria, which was conquered by them, Varr. ap. Non. 49, 3; cf.: Junius Gracchanus in Plin. 33, 2, 9, § 36; Fest. p. 367 Müll.— In sing., Pers. 1, 82 Schol.—In the Aug. per., a name used in contempt for fops, coxcombs, Sen. Ep. 87, 9; so id. ib. 76, 2.

2. trossuli — Walde–Hofmann

trossuli, -örum *equités dicti, quod oppidum Tuscórum Trossulum sine operä peditum cöperint’ (Paul. Fest. p. 367. Plin. nat. 33, 9 celeres flexuntes, postea trossuls) (seit Varro; volkstümlich ,Stutzer* Sen.): etruskisch (Schulze EN. 555*, Ernout BSL. 30,105, Göttling Röm. Staatsverf. 372). — Die Herleitung des Non. p. 49 (quasi) torosuli ist bloße Volksetymologie. Phantastisch O&tir Vogelnamen 13: aus *taur- zu … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. trossuli, p. 1616]

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