Tusci or Thusci, ōrum, m., another name for Etrusci,
I the inhabitants of Etruria , 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. Maecenas , 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).