ππ ππ
Umbrian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *awis. Cognate with Latin avis. Only attested in the plural.
Noun
ππ ππ β’ (aves) f pl (early Iguvine) (ablative)
- birds
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1β2:
- 1 ππππββππππππππββππ ππββππππππππππββπππππββ 2 ππππππππββπππππππββ [...]
- este persklum aves anzeriates enetu / pernaies pusnaes
- Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds; those in front, those behind.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1β2:
Declension
- (accusative) e.Ig. ππ ππ (avif), ππ ππ (avef); l.Ig. auuei, aueif, auif
- (ablative) e.Ig. ππ ππ (aves), ππ ππ (avis); l.Ig. aueis
References
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) βauifβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 330
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βavisβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 65
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βaueifβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 8
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