πŒ€πŒ›πŒšπŒ„πŒ“πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *adfertōr, from Proto-Indo-European *hβ‚‚ed-bΚ°er-tōr-,[n 1] an agent noun from the root *bΚ°er- (β€œto bring”), hence literally, β€œhe who bring forth, who offers”. Compare Latin afferō and also Sanskrit ΰ€­ΰ€°ΰ₯ΰ€€ΰ₯ƒ (bhartṛ́, β€œbearer”).

Noun

πŒ€πŒ›πŒšπŒ„πŒ“πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“ β€’ (aΕ™ferturm (early Iguvine) (nominative singular)

  1. leading priest, flamen

Declension

  • (nominative singular) e.Ig. πŒ€πŒ›πŒšπŒ„πŒ“πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“ (aΕ™fertur); l.Ig. arsfertur, arfertur
  • (dative singular) e.Ig. πŒ€πŒ›πŒšπŒ„πŒ“πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“πŒ„ (aΕ™ferture); l.Ig. arsferture
  • (accusative singular) l.Ig. arsferturo

Notes

  1. ^ Original *d is meant to become Umbrian r̆ only between vowels, but it was generalised in the prefix ar̆- to all positions.

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œferō, ferre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 214
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904) β€œarsfertur”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 329
  • Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) β€œarsfertur”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 3