The Collaborative International Dictionary
Etrurian \E*tru"ri*an\, a.
Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy. ``Etrurian
Shades.''
--Milton, -- n. A native or inhabitant of ancient
Etruria.
Usage examples of "etrurian".
A peace had been concluded between the two nations on these terms, that the river Albula, now called Tiber, should be the common boundary between the Etrurians and Latins.
Looking like a tired pair of merchants, they made their way to the Etrurian coast at Telamon, and there took ship for Africa.
Etrurian patera, and the cover of a copper pot no other than the shield of Ancus Martius.
Return to Rome like a good boy, hold the curule elections and pass then into obscurity-or do I attempt what the Etrurian leaders want of me and lead them against Rome in open rebellion?
The Etrurians and Umbrians came, luckily so truculent and overbearing that they irritated men they might otherwise have wooed, and were dispatched home again with a flea in the ear and scant sympathy from anyone.