Meaning of 'Tusculum'

bRAND | 21:56 Mon 07th Jul 2003 | Arts & Literature

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What is the meaning of 'Tusculum'?

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Quizmonster

'Tusculum' appears to be a name rather than a word 'with a meaning', as it were. Certainly, it was an ancient Italian city, now named 'Frascati', and it is also the name of a college in the USA.

I'm not a Latin scholar by any means, so it might also have a meaning - in the same way that 'Dublin' means 'Black pool' - but someone else will have to supply that, if it exists.

Quizmonster

A case of simultaneous typing again, Tartan! Thanks for providing the very meaning I was unaware of.

strozzi

One of the earliest references I can find to Tusculum is the naming of the ancient town 30 km south of Rome in 380 BC. The name, then Tuscolum, was apparently of mythical origin and connected with "Telegano, son of Ulises & Circe wizard" or alternatively to "Silvio the mythical king of Abalongo".
Tusculum is the ancient name applied to the Frascati, one of the dioceses nearest to Rome, from Tusculana (diocese).
I've culled this information from a Spanish site. Hope that it may help one of the answerbank scholars, with more understanding, to delve further.

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