Tusci — Lewis & Short
Tusci or Thusci, ōrum, m., another name for Etrusci,
I the inhabitants of Etru ria, the Tuscans, Etruscans, Etrurians, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Liv. 2, 51, 1; 5, 33, 7; 5, 45, 4; Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106 al.—Hence,
A Tuscĭa, ae, f., Etruria, the Etruscan territory, Eutr. 3, 9; 7, 3; Flor. 1, 5, 5.—
B Tuscus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tuscans, Tuscan, Etruscan, Etrurian:
mare,Mel. 1, 3. 3 sq.; 2, 4, 1; 2, 7, 17; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; Liv. 5, 33, 7; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 202 al.:
aequora,id. C. 4, 4, 54:
pelagus,Mel. 2, 5, 1:
sinus,Plin. 2, 88, 89, § 203: amnis, i. e. the Tiber, which flows through Etruria, Hor. S. 2, 2, 33; Ov. A. A. 3, 386; cf.
flumen,id. M. 14, 615:
alveus,Hor. C. 3, 7, 28:
tragoediae,Varr. L. L. 5, § 55 Müll.:
sacra, Col. poët. 10, 341: dux,i. e. Mezentius, Ov. F. 4, 884:
eques,i. e. Mœcenas, Mart. 8, 56, 9:
cadi,Tuscan wine, id. 13, 118, 2:
semen zea,Ov. Med. Fac. 65; Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 82:
vicus,a street in Rome inhabited by low people, especially by prostitutes, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Liv. 2, 14, 9; Tac. A. 4, 65 fin.; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 21; Hor. S. 2, 3, 228 al.;
hence, ex Tusco modo dotem corpore quaerere,Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 20.—
C Tuscānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tuscans, Tuscan:
dispositiones,of the Tuscan style of architecture, Vitr. 4, 6 fin.—
D Tuscā-nĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tuscans, Tuscan:
impluvium,in the Tuscan style, Varr. L. L. 5, § 161 Müll.; cf. Vitr. 3, 2; 4, 7 fin.; Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; 36, 23, 56, § 178:
signa,id. 34, 7, 16, § 33:
Apollo,id. 34, 7, 18, § 43:
statuae,Quint. 12, 10, 1. —
E Tuscĭa, ae, f., the country of the Tuscans, Tuscia, Amm. 27, 3, 1 (but in Varr. L. L. 5, § 32, the correct read. is Tusci).