Falerii

Latin Etymology Probably from an earlier la itc -/la xfa - form based on xfa *Fales-. A reconstruction xfa *Fales-yo- has been proposed for the place-name, with intervocalic xfa -s- undergoing rhotacism to la -r-, while the related ethnonym la Falisci preserves the sibilant. Compare also la Falerio and la Falernus.John Penney (2011), “Archaic and Old Latin”, in James Clackson, editor, A Companion to the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 234. Alternatively, Zavaroni has connected the name to la ine-pro *pel- to cover, which he attributes to a borrowing via la ett -.A. Zavaroni (1996), I documenti etruschi, Padua. Pronunciation Faleriī Proper noun Faleriī<2.loc> m An important city of Etruria and capital of the Faliscans Declension Faleriī<2.loc> Descendants it Santa Maria in Falleri abbey References la Cities Italy