calersu

Umbrian

Alternative forms

  • 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌄𐌛𐌖𐌚 (kaleřuf)

Etymology

Unknown. Possible cognate with Latin calidus. It may be related to Ancient Greek κηλάς (kēlás, “(female goat) with a mark on [her] forehead”). Philologist Alan Nussbaum proposes that the Latin term may have been borrowed from a South Italian Doric variation, *κᾱλαδ- (*kālad-, “spotted”). Although a Proto-Indo-European root *kel- can be reconstructed, De Vaan rejects this etymology as he regards the shift from *kel- to *kal- as improbable.

Adjective

calersu m (accusative plural) (late Iguvine)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: possessing a white forehead

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
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