πŒ„πŒšπŒ‰πŒ„πŒ”

Volscian

Etymology

Uncertain. In some way connected to the root Proto-Indo-European *hβ‚‚eydΚ°-.

Proper noun

πŒ„πŒšπŒ‰πŒ„πŒ” (efies) m (genitive singular)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: Volscian name

Usage notes

  • The text of the inscription is uncertain and the term may be rendered as *πŒ„πŒšπŒ‰(πŒ‹?)πŒ„πŒ‰ (*efi(l?)ei).
  • If the term πŒ‰πŒžπŒŠπŒžπŒ‡ (iΓΊkΓΊh) is read as πŒ‰πŒžπŒŠπŒžπŒ (iΓΊkΓΊΓ­) and interpreted as a name, then this term might mean aedile.

References

  • O'Brien, Donald (2021) The inscriptions of the central Italic languages: Vestini, Marrucini, Paeligni, Sabini, Aequi, Marsi, Hernici, Volsciβ€Ž[1]
  • Jane Stuart-Smith (17 June 2004) Philology: The Evidence for the Italic Developmentβ€Ž[2], Oxford University Press, β†’ISBN, page 76
  • James Clackson (2015) β€œSubgrouping in the Sabellian branch of Indo-European”, in Transactions of the Philological Societyβ€Ž[3], volume 113, number 1, β†’DOI, β†’ISSN, pages 4–37
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