Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tusculan

/ˈtʌskjʊlən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tus-cu-lan
IPA: /ˈtʌskjʊlən/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Tusculum.

adj

Of or relating to Tusculum.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Tusculum.

Example Sentences

"By some writers, that city was thought to have stood near the modern town of Frascati, and by others near Grotta Ferrata, a convent near which was assumed to have been the actual site of the Tusculan villa of Cicero."
"The Tusculan troops also joined them."
"Alongside the letters, any discussion of Cicero's understanding of grief must consider his Tusculan Disputations."

Etymology

From Latin Tusculānus, from Tusculum + -ānus. By surface analysis, Tusculum + -an.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Tusculānus

Inflected Forms

Tusculans (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce tusculan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌskjʊlən/.
What does tusculan mean?: Of or relating to Tusculum.
Where does tusculan come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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