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Definition of Etruscan in English: Etruscanadjective ɪˈtrʌsk(ə)nəˈtrəskən Relating to ancient Etruria, its people, or their language. The Etruscan civilization was at its height c.500 BC and was an important influence on the Romans, who had subdued the Etruscans by the end of the 3rd century BC. （与）埃特鲁里亚（有关）的；（与）埃特鲁斯坎人（有关）的；（与）埃特鲁斯坎语（有关）的（大约在公元前500年，埃特鲁斯坎文明处于鼎盛时期并对罗马人产生过重要影响；到公元前三世纪末，罗马人征服了埃特鲁斯坎人） Example sentencesExamples - Take for instance the story of Caius Mucius Scaevola, a man who was willing to risk anything to save Rome from an Etruscan attack.
- In 396 B.C., the Romans attacked and destroyed the Etruscan town of Veii.
- The earliest examples of frame making date back to the 2nd century B.C., when borders drawn around Etruscan cave paintings were first used.
- It is a region rich in art and Roman and Etruscan history, with a spectacular landscape of rolling green hills and mountains, trees, vineyards and hilltop villages.
- There's something still really mysterious about the Etruscan civilization and language.
- In the 6th century the Romans rose in revolt against their Etruscan rulers and expelled them from the city.
- On an Etruscan vase of the sixth century B.C., the lady is holding a member of the cat family and a deer.
- The Roman republic was founded in a revolution against Etruscan kings in the sixth century B.C.E.
- First stop was the ancient Etruscan city of Viterbo, about 90 minutes' drive north.
- The bold use of wall space, incorporating broader and heavier Roman and Etruscan elements, also characterizes Empire interiors.
- They were strongly influenced by Greek culture, their city-states were ruled by kings and their territory included Rome until it shrugged off the Etruscan yoke.
- The origin of the name Vaticanus is uncertain; some claim that the name comes from a vanished Etruscan town called Vaticum.
- Music was certainly part of Etruscan feasts, and possibly of feasts further north.
- Gladiatorial contests were originally an Etruscan practice and so date back to the days before the Roman Republic was founded.
- A yet more disturbing instance of domestic violence is found in the patriotic legend involving Horatius, whose bravery, along with that of his two brothers, saved Rome from an Etruscan take-over.
- Most of what is known about the Etruscan society comes from stone carvings found at burial sites.
- However, at its height Etruscan society was heavily influenced by the culture of the Greek colonies of southern Italy.
- The letters run from right to left, as usual with Etruscan inscriptions.
- The Etruscan language has so far proved beyond translation; it was still spoken and written in the 1st century AD but no literature survives.
- According to Roman legend, the Romans expelled the Etruscan king Tarquin the Proud from Rome around 509 B.C. and founded the Roman Republic.
noun ɪˈtrʌsk(ə)nəˈtrəskən 1A native of ancient Etruria. 埃特鲁斯坎人 Example sentencesExamples - Then again, there are letters in the ‘model’ alphabet, such as beta, delta and omicron, which were never used by the Etruscans because their language did not include the particular sounds for which those letters stood in Greek.
- The prices of pots militate against this interpretation of the evidence, however, and in life the Etruscans enjoyed gold and silver vessels at their banquets.
- In many respects, the culture of the Etruscans was very similar to that of the Mycenae in Greece.
- In particular, the Romans fought against the Etruscans and the Samnites.
- Birds are beautiful creatures that have captured humans' fancy at least since the Etruscans studied their flight patterns for clues to the future nearly 3000 years ago.
- For the Etruscans, armed combat between individuals was connected to religious practice. Men fought to the death beside the tomb of their chief in order to strengthen their spirits as well as the spirits of others.
- A tradition of wine-making stretches back thousands of years to the Etruscans.
- The Tuscan people are justly proud of their ancestry right back as far as the Etruscans 3000 years ago.
- Some people have argued that they may have been related to the Etruscans of Italy, but since the Etruscans have all been dead for thousands of years it is hard to tell.
- Hunting, fishing, and wrestling are represented in the pre-literate art of the Etruscans, Egyptians, and Chinese, and in fact in nearly all primitive art.
- But the Etruscans were under constant pressure from communities to the north, and increasingly from Rome in the south.
- Strategically situated in the Mediterranean, the island has attracted an endless succession of invaders, from the Etruscans and the Saracens to the Pisans and the Genoese.
- The Etruscans dominated Central Italy from the Po valley down to Campania by the seventh century BC.
- The Etruscans used the sarcophagus with a characteristic feature of the effigy of the deceased reclining on the lid.
- Most of the thousands of known fragments written by the Etruscans are funerary inscriptions.
- The more advanced civilizations of both Etruscans and Greeks were gradually absorbed by the Romans.
- I realize that the Romans' attitude to the Etruscans is parallel to ours with regard to the American Indians, and that we carry this oblique, shadowy, invidious guilt about these genocides.
- It is thought that the first set was made more than two thousand years ago by the Etruscans.
- What makes him warm to the Etruscans is their sensitivity.
2mass noun The language of ancient Etruria, which was written in an alphabet derived from Greek but is not related to any known language. 埃特鲁斯坎语 Example sentencesExamples - For a start, the letters generally point in the opposite direction to the Greek ones, because Etruscan was written from right to left, whereas classical Greek was written from left to right.
OriginFrom Latin Etruscus + -an. Rhymesmolluscan (US molluskan), Tuscan Definition of Etruscan in US English: Etruscanadjectiveəˈtrəskənəˈtrəskən Relating to ancient Etruria, its people, or their language. The Etruscan civilization was at its height c.500 BC and was an important influence on the Romans, who had subdued the Etruscans by the end of the 3rd century BC. （与）埃特鲁里亚（有关）的；（与）埃特鲁斯坎人（有关）的；（与）埃特鲁斯坎语（有关）的（大约在公元前500年，埃特鲁斯坎文明处于鼎盛时期并对罗马人产生过重要影响；到公元前三世纪末，罗马人征服了埃特鲁斯坎人） Example sentencesExamples - In 396 B.C., the Romans attacked and destroyed the Etruscan town of Veii.
- The letters run from right to left, as usual with Etruscan inscriptions.
- Take for instance the story of Caius Mucius Scaevola, a man who was willing to risk anything to save Rome from an Etruscan attack.
- There's something still really mysterious about the Etruscan civilization and language.
- Music was certainly part of Etruscan feasts, and possibly of feasts further north.
- First stop was the ancient Etruscan city of Viterbo, about 90 minutes' drive north.
- According to Roman legend, the Romans expelled the Etruscan king Tarquin the Proud from Rome around 509 B.C. and founded the Roman Republic.
- It is a region rich in art and Roman and Etruscan history, with a spectacular landscape of rolling green hills and mountains, trees, vineyards and hilltop villages.
- In the 6th century the Romans rose in revolt against their Etruscan rulers and expelled them from the city.
- The Etruscan language has so far proved beyond translation; it was still spoken and written in the 1st century AD but no literature survives.
- The origin of the name Vaticanus is uncertain; some claim that the name comes from a vanished Etruscan town called Vaticum.
- However, at its height Etruscan society was heavily influenced by the culture of the Greek colonies of southern Italy.
- They were strongly influenced by Greek culture, their city-states were ruled by kings and their territory included Rome until it shrugged off the Etruscan yoke.
- A yet more disturbing instance of domestic violence is found in the patriotic legend involving Horatius, whose bravery, along with that of his two brothers, saved Rome from an Etruscan take-over.
- The bold use of wall space, incorporating broader and heavier Roman and Etruscan elements, also characterizes Empire interiors.
- On an Etruscan vase of the sixth century B.C., the lady is holding a member of the cat family and a deer.
- The earliest examples of frame making date back to the 2nd century B.C., when borders drawn around Etruscan cave paintings were first used.
- Most of what is known about the Etruscan society comes from stone carvings found at burial sites.
- The Roman republic was founded in a revolution against Etruscan kings in the sixth century B.C.E.
- Gladiatorial contests were originally an Etruscan practice and so date back to the days before the Roman Republic was founded.
nounəˈtrəskənəˈtrəskən 1A native of ancient Etruria. 埃特鲁斯坎人 Example sentencesExamples - It is thought that the first set was made more than two thousand years ago by the Etruscans.
- In particular, the Romans fought against the Etruscans and the Samnites.
- Then again, there are letters in the ‘model’ alphabet, such as beta, delta and omicron, which were never used by the Etruscans because their language did not include the particular sounds for which those letters stood in Greek.
- Birds are beautiful creatures that have captured humans' fancy at least since the Etruscans studied their flight patterns for clues to the future nearly 3000 years ago.
- Most of the thousands of known fragments written by the Etruscans are funerary inscriptions.
- Strategically situated in the Mediterranean, the island has attracted an endless succession of invaders, from the Etruscans and the Saracens to the Pisans and the Genoese.
- Hunting, fishing, and wrestling are represented in the pre-literate art of the Etruscans, Egyptians, and Chinese, and in fact in nearly all primitive art.
- The Tuscan people are justly proud of their ancestry right back as far as the Etruscans 3000 years ago.
- A tradition of wine-making stretches back thousands of years to the Etruscans.
- But the Etruscans were under constant pressure from communities to the north, and increasingly from Rome in the south.
- For the Etruscans, armed combat between individuals was connected to religious practice. Men fought to the death beside the tomb of their chief in order to strengthen their spirits as well as the spirits of others.
- The Etruscans used the sarcophagus with a characteristic feature of the effigy of the deceased reclining on the lid.
- The Etruscans dominated Central Italy from the Po valley down to Campania by the seventh century BC.
- Some people have argued that they may have been related to the Etruscans of Italy, but since the Etruscans have all been dead for thousands of years it is hard to tell.
- I realize that the Romans' attitude to the Etruscans is parallel to ours with regard to the American Indians, and that we carry this oblique, shadowy, invidious guilt about these genocides.
- The more advanced civilizations of both Etruscans and Greeks were gradually absorbed by the Romans.
- What makes him warm to the Etruscans is their sensitivity.
- In many respects, the culture of the Etruscans was very similar to that of the Mycenae in Greece.
- The prices of pots militate against this interpretation of the evidence, however, and in life the Etruscans enjoyed gold and silver vessels at their banquets.
2The language of ancient Etruria, of unknown affinity, written in an alphabet derived from Greek. 埃特鲁斯坎语 Example sentencesExamples - For a start, the letters generally point in the opposite direction to the Greek ones, because Etruscan was written from right to left, whereas classical Greek was written from left to right.
OriginFrom Latin Etruscus + -an. |