verof
Umbrian
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Etymology
A plurale tantum. From Proto-Italic *werons m pl, a word chraracteristic of Osco-Umbrian, attested also as Oscan [Term?]. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hwer- (βcover, protectionβ).
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Noun
verof m pl (ablative veres)
- gate
- 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 *verof? m pl | ||
|---|---|---|
accusative + -en |
e.Ig. π
πππππ (verufe) l.Ig. uerofe | |
ablative |
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ablative + -kom |
l.Ig. uerisco | |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), βO. veruβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 668
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904), βuerirβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 351
- Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), βuereirβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 56
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