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# etruscan

«etruscan» in Mova's school dictionary: **The Etruscans were an ancient people who lived in central…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Etruscan); noun (an Etruscan, Etruscans; the Etruscan language)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Etruscans were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, in an area called Etruria (roughly modern Tuscany), before and during the early days of Rome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#m1)

2) Etruscan means belonging to these people, their art or their language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#m2)

3) Etruscan is also the name of their language, which used an alphabet like the Greek one and is still only partly understood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons about ancient Rome, the Etruscans come up as the neighbours who ruled Rome for a time and taught the Romans things such as arches, gladiator games and parts of the alphabet. Their painted tombs and bronze statues are famous in museums. Phrases: «Etruscan tombs», «Etruscan kings», «the Etruscan alphabet».

### examples

- The Etruscans lived in Italy before the Romans became powerful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#x1)
- We saw an Etruscan vase in the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#x2)
- Some early kings of Rome were Etruscans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#x3)
- Etruscan tombs are painted with scenes of feasts and music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#x4)
- Experts can read Etruscan letters but understand only some of the words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#x5)
- The Romans learnt a lot from Etruscan builders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/#x6)

### note

A name of a people: written with a capital E. Plural: Etruscans. Say «ih-TRUS-kun».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «etruscan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/etruscan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.