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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of ancient Latium southeast of modern-day Rome, Italy. Cicero, Nero, and Pliny the Younger were among the prominent Romans who built villas here.

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Examples

  • Just as his lordship came to the door, she was going, on her jaunting-car, to her villa, called Tusculum, situate near Bray.

    The Absentee Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • Just as his lordship came to the door, she was going, on her jaunting-car, to her villa, called Tusculum, situate near Bray.

    Tales and Novels — Volume 06 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • Beale said Virginia Tech offered Harris a spot on its roster as an invited walk-on, but he instead chose Tusculum, which is located in Greeneville, Tenn.

    The Roanoke Times: Home page 2009

  • Thus he tells us that his villa at Balham is named "Tusculum," and that, in view of the fact that three generations of Pullars have been dentists, his family can be said to be of "old extraction."

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 Various

  • "Tusculum" of a well-to-do gentleman in the outskirts of the city.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • The inhabitants of several other towns, such as Tusculum and Lanuvium, received the Roman franchise; their territory was incorporated in that of the Republic; and two new tribes were created to carry these arrangements into effect.

    A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

  • "You have a little villa near Tusculum, which isn’t more than half a day’s journey from Rome.

    The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

  • Terentia and Marcus at least could go to Tusculum.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Later that night, after we had safely reached Tusculum, I asked him what he made of it all.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Terentia went off with the children to spend the rest of the summer in the higher altitudes and cooler glades of Tusculum, but the consul stayed in Rome, working.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

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