πŒπŒ“πŒ€πŒ…πŒžπŒ”

Oscan

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *gΚ·raus (β€œheavy”), enlarged from its u-stem into an o-stem. Cognate with Latin gravis.[1] See also Latin brΕ«tus.

Adjective

πŒπŒ“πŒ€πŒ…πŒžπŒ” β€’ (bravΓΊs) (accusative plural masculine)

  1. heavy?
    • 2nd century BCE, HIRP-2, in Abella, line 2:[2]
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      [..............]enΓ­m . segΓΊnΓΊ . perissty[..........................]m. bravΓΊs
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References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œgravis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 272
  2. ^ TITUS, Osco-Umbrian Corpus, part no. 61
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