grabovim
Umbrian
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Etymology
Unknown, with the Osco-Umbrian suffix *-owjos. The intervocalic /-b-/ implies a non-native origine, possibly from Illyrian. Traditionally compared to Latin GrΔdΔ«vus, though its /-d-/ is incompatible.[1][2]
Noun
grabovim m sg (dative grabovie or grabovi, vocative grabovie)
- Grabovius. A divine epithet.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2β3:
- 2 [...] ππππ
ππππ:βπππππππππ:β 3 πππ
π:βππππππ
π:βππππππ:βππππ:β [...]
- preveres treplanes iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu
- In front of the Trebulan gate sacrifice three oxen to Jupiter Grabovius.
- 2 [...] ππππ
ππππ:βπππππππππ:β 3 πππ
π:βππππππ
π:βππππππ:βππππ:β [...]
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2β3:
Attested forms
Inflection of grabovim? m sg | ||
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dative |
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accusative |
l.Ig. graboui, graboue | |
vocative |
l.Ig. grabouie, crabouie | |
References
- Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, page 19: β [β¦] for the epithet Grabovius [β¦] most recent editors assume an Illyrian origin and no longer admit any connection with Latin (Mars) Gradivus: [β¦] β
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 336: βConnection with L.GrΔdΔ«vus attractive, but no satisfactory explaination for U. b : L. d.β
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