thusculum

1.

tuscŭlum ( thusc- ), i, n. dim. [tus], a little frankincense, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 15.

2.

Tuscŭlum, i, n., 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.