Volsciann.adj.
/ˈvɒlskɪən/, /ˈvɒlʃn/, U.S. /ˈvɑlʃən/ A. n.
1. Historical. One of an ancient warlike people formerly inhabiting the east of Latium, subdued by the Romans in the 4th century b.c.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [noun]
Sabinea1387
Tuscana1387
Volscea1387
Samnite1390
Venetian1432
Volscian1513
Marrucian1578
Marsi1578
Marsian1578
Vestinian1578
Tarentine1579
Marrucine1600
Paelignian1600
Sabellian1601
Tyrrhenian1660
Lucanian1709
Tyrrhene1736
Oscan1740
Marrucinian1863
Oscian1875
Ausonian1882
Osco-Umbrian1894
Oscan-Umbrian1960
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xi. 29 Wyth armyt men and wageouris the Volscanis So neir almost by lappit hym at anis.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 179 This Fellow had a Volcean to his Mother. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 116 Like an Eagle in a Doue-coat, I Flatter'd [sic] your Volcians in Corioles. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 78 Volscians arm'd with Iron-headed Darts. View more context for this quotation
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 163 Corioli was the capital of the country of the Volscians.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 105/2 M. Valerius, who, with an army of 40,000 plebeians, defeated the Volscians, Aequians, and Sabines.
2. The Italic language spoken by the Volscians.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Osco-Umbrian > Osco-Umbrian languages
Oscan1813
Sabine1834
Oscian1851
Umbrian1854
Samnite1859
Volscian1859
Paelignian1897
Sabellian1904
Marrucinian1933
Marsian1933
Vestinian1939
Marsic1974
Marrucine1995
1859 B. W. Dwight Mod. Philol. i. 187 The Umbro-Samnite Dialects: Umbrian; Samnite or Oscan; Volscian; Marsian.
1897 R. S. Conway Italic Dial. i. 272 The majority of scholars incline to regard them as borrowed from Oscan. From geographical considerations I think Volscian is a more likely source.
1897 R. S. Conway Italic Dial. i. 288 The Osco-Umbrian family of dialects (to which Volscian belonged).
B. adj.
Of, pertaining or belonging to, the Volscians; that is a Volscian.
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the world > people > ethnicities > ancient people of Italy > [adjective]
Tuscan1513
Vestinian1578
Oscian1598
Sabine1600
Marrucine1601
Volscian1601
Ausonian1607
Marsian1614
Marrucian1661
Oscan1661
Paelignian1661
Samnite1753
Samnitic1753
Sabellian1841
Marrucinian1863
Venetic1880
Sabinian1902
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 58 The towne Tarracina, called in the Volscian tongue Anxur.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 3 My partner in this Action, You must report to th' Volcian Lords. View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 48 The Volscian Queen extended on the Plain.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives II. 186 This proclamation exasperated the whole Volscian nation against the Romans.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 289 The Pontine Marshes..were once covered with Volscian towns.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 443/1 The volcanic region of Terra di Lavoro is separated by the Volscian mountains from the Roman district.
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