Tusculum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Tusculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʌskjʊləm/ === Proper noun === Tusculum A city of Latium said to have been founded by Telegonus, the son of Ulysses ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly from tusci (“Etruscans”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊs.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtus.ku.lum] === Proper noun === Tusculum n sg (genitive Tusculī); second declension a city of Latium said to be founded by Telegonus, the son of Ulysses ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Tusculānus ==== Descendants ==== → English: Tusculum → French: Tusculum → Italian: Tusculo → Ancient Greek: Τούσκουλον (Toúskoulon) Greek: Τούσκουλο (Toúskoulo) → Middle French: TusculeFrench: Tuscule → Portuguese: Túsculo → Russian: Тускул (Tuskul) === References === “Tusculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Tusculum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Ptol., Plin., Liv., Dion., Cic.