spefa

Accepted to be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spend-tós (“libated”). It is however uncertain whether:

• (sense 1.1): its sense remained close to the original
• (sense 1.2): it diverged like in Latin spondeō (“promise, pledge, guarantee”).

spefa (accusative/ablative singular feminine)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   2. libated, seasoned, besprinkled (possibly with salt)

      mefa spefa ― seasoned flatbread

   4. offered, being an offering in a ritual

      mefa spefa ― offered flatbread

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “spefa”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 47
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “spondeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 582
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “spefa”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 346