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Tuscŭlum , i, n.,
I.a very ancient town of Latium, on a hill near the modern Frascati, Liv. 2, 15 sq.; 6, 33 sq.; Cic. Font. 18, 41; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; 2, 45, 94; Hor. Epod. 1, 29 al.—Hence,
A. Tuscŭlā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tusculum, Tusculan: “ager,” Varr. L. L. 7, § 318 Müll.: “colles,” Liv. 3, 7, 3: “aqua,” Cic. Balb. 20, 45: “populus,” Liv. 8, 37: “sacra,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 16 Müll. et saep.—Substt.
a. Tuscŭ-lānum , i, n., the name of several estates at Tusculum; so Cicero's estate there, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; 7, 5, 3; id. Fam. 7, 23, 3.—Hence, Tusculanae Disputationes, the title of a work written there by Cicero.—An estate of Cœsar, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13.—Of L. Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 24; 1, 21, 98.—Of M. Crassus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 3.—Of Lucullus, Cic. Ac. 2, 48, 148; id. Fin. 3, 2, 7 al.—Hence, Tuscŭlānen-sis , e, adj., of or pertaining to Tusculum: “dies,” passed at the Tusculan estate, Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4.—
b. Tuscŭlāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tusculum, Tusculans, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64; Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 55; Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31.—
B. Tuscŭlus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tusculum, Tusculan (poet. for Tusculanus): “tellus,” Tib. 1, 7, 57; Mart. 9, 61, 2: “colles,” id. 4, 64, 13: “moenia,” Sil. 7, 692: “umbra,” Stat. S. 4, 4, 16.—Plur. subst.: Tuscŭli , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tusculum, the Tusculans, Mart. 7, 31, 11.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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