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Ē^trūrĭa (Het- ), ae, f.,
I.a country of central Italy, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Cat. 2, 3 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.; Liv. 1, 35, 9; Verg. A. 8, 494; 12, 232 et saep.—Deriv.,
II. Ē^truscus , a, um, adj., of Etruria, Etruscan: “litus,” Mel. 2, 7, 19; Hor. C. 1, 2, 14; id. C. Sec. 38; id. Epod. 16, 40: “mare,” id. C. 3, 29, 35: “juga,” Verg. A. 8, 480: “duces,” id. ib. 11, 598: “manus Porsenae,” Hor. Epod. 16, 4: “disciplina,” the Etruscan religion, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 3; Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199; 10, 15, 17, § 37; cf. “haruspices,” Gell. 4, 5, 5: “litterae,” Liv. 9, 36: “coronae,” made of gold and precious stones, and worn by those who triumphed, Plin. 21, 3, 4, § 6.—Sing., Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 11; Tert. de Coron. 13: “aurum,” a golden amulet worn by Roman boys of noble birth, Juv. 5, 164 et saep.—Subst.: Etrusci , ōrum, m., the Etruscans, Cic. Div. 1, 42; Liv. 1, 34; 2, 7 et saepiss.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.6.3
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.480
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.494
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.37
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.11
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.50
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 36
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 35.9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 7
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.42
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.41
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.5.5
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