Tuscus

See also: tuscus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtus.kus/, [ˈt̪ʊs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtus.kus/, [ˈt̪uskus]

Etymology 1

Adjective

Tuscus (feminine Tusca, neuter Tuscum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative letter-case form of tuscus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Tuscus	Tusca	Tuscum		Tuscī	Tuscae	Tusca
genitive	Tuscī	Tuscae	Tuscī		Tuscōrum	Tuscārum	Tuscōrum
dative	Tuscō	Tuscae	Tuscō		Tuscīs
accusative	Tuscum	Tuscam	Tuscum		Tuscōs	Tuscās	Tusca
ablative	Tuscō	Tuscā	Tuscō		Tuscīs
vocative	Tusce	Tusca	Tuscum		Tuscī	Tuscae	Tusca

Etymology 2

From tuscus.

Proper noun

Tuscus m sg (genitive Tuscī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Cornelius Tuscus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tuscus
genitive	Tuscī
dative	Tuscō
accusative	Tuscum
ablative	Tuscō
vocative	Tusce

References

• “Tuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Tuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Tuscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tuscus, Cornelius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray