etruscan
IPA: ɪtrˈʌskʌn
Root Word: Etruscan
noun
- An inhabitant of ancient Etruria.
- The extinct language of Etruria, which has no known relation to any other language.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.
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Examples of "etruscan" in Sentences
- Augury was Latin or Italic, not Etruscan.
- An Etruscan garrison was detailed to hold it.
- The Etruscans continued to use the necropolis.
- The etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal in the world.
- The Etruscan conception of the deity affected Roman Neptune.
- The Runic alphabet is a development of the Etruscan alphabet.
- If I understand you well, there is a typo in your last etruscan text.
- Lars was also a common Etruscan name, and several Etruscan kings bore it.
- He also wrote an Etruscan grammar and a dictionary of the Etruscan language.
- It is not an Etruscan original, as there is no sign of it in the Villanovan.
- The bronze armour of the Etruscans is similar in style to that of the Greeks.
- Which is the best current description of the grammar syntax and morphology of the etruscan language?
- I agree with you, it's probably not an etruscan word, but maybe the etruscan adopted it from another language...
- I remember my first year archeology lecturer using a similar theory to explain the incredibly fine etruscan jewelry.
- It goes accompanied with a genitive particle, but from what I can see from this post and my limited knowledge of etruscan, etruscan does too.
- Besides, forms with theta don't proove it cannot be a loan from Greek, since voiced [d] had to become voiceless due to etruscan phonetics [...]
- Besides, forms with theta don't proove it cannot be a loan from Greek, since voiced d had to become voiceless due to etruscan phonetics and G. and L.
- If you take archaic attic versions of Odusseus, I don't see any reason, why I couldn't take etruscan versions besides 'header form', which is Uthuze?
- Hanna: "If you take archaic attic versions of Odusseus, I don't see any reason, why I couldn't take etruscan versions besides 'header form', which is Uthuze?"
- Historical documents show that in this part of Perugia below Piazza Giacomo Matteott an old etruscan city wall exists, which is important historically as well as archeologically.
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