πππ
Umbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *pΕ«r, from Proto-Indo-European *pΓ©hβwrΜ₯. Displaced Proto-Italic *engΚ·nis (whence Latin ignis).[1]
Noun
[edit]πππ β’ (pir) (nominative singular)[2][3]
- fire
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side B (photo; facsimile), lines 10β12, 12β13:
- 10 ππππ:πππ πππππ:ππππππππππ:ππππ:ππππππ: 12 πππ:πππππππ:πππππππ [...]
- pune:kuvurtus:krenkatrum:hatu:enumek: / pir:ahtimem:ententu
- When you have returned, take a girdle/belt(?), then place the fire in the brazier/fire-pan(?).
- 12 ππππ:πππ:πππππππ:πππππππ: 13 ππππππ:ππππππππ:ππππππ:ππππ ππ:ππππ:ππππ:ππππ πππ[...]
- pune:pir:entelus:ahtimem: / enumek:steplatu:parfam:tesvam:tefe:tute:ikuvine.
- When you have placed the fire in the brazier/fire-pan(?), then demand an augural bird(?) in the west(?) for yourself and the state of Iguvinum.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side B (photo; facsimile), lines 10β12, 12β13:
Declension
[edit]- (accusative singular) e.Ig. πππ (pir)
- (accusative singular) l.Ig. pure
- (ablative singular) e.Ig. ππππ (pure)
- (ablative singular) l.Ig. pure
Derived terms
[edit]- π ππππππ (vepurus)
References
[edit]- ^ Lindner, Thomas (2017), βChapter VIII: Italicβ, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (HandbΓΌcher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), volume 2, Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, βISBN, Β§ The lexicon of Italic, page 829
- ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary[1], page 342
- ^ Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 317