I.a people of Etruria, on account of their relationship to the Aequi called also Aequi Falisci, Liv. 5, 26; Ov. Am. 3, 13, 35; Sil. 4, 223; Verg. A. 7, 695.— Their capital was called Fălisca , ae, f., Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; or Fălisci , ōrum, m., Eutr. 1, 18; or, as altered by the Romans, Falerii, v. h. v.—
II. Derivv.: Făliscus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Falerii: “ager,” Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 10; Liv. 10, 12: “herba,” Ov. F. 1, 84; id. Pont. 4, 4, 32: “venter,” a sort of haggess, a large sausage, Varr. L. L. 5, § 111 Müll.; Stat. S. 4, 5, 35; Mart. 4, 46, 8. —