ππππππππ
Umbrian
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a formation in *-lom n from the reformed e-grade of Proto-Indo-European *prΜ₯sαΈ±Γ©ti ~ *prΜ₯sαΈ±Γ³nti (βto prayβ), whence also Latin poscΕ. However, the linguist Birgit Anette Rasmussen instead proposes a Proto-Indo-European form *perαΈ±-s-trom. De Vaan and Untermann provide the Proto-Italic form Proto-Italic *perk-sk-elos, although Poultney only suggests a Proto-Italic form *perk-sk-lo-.
Noun
ππππππππ β’ (persklum) n (early Iguvine) (accusative singular)
- sacred ceremony, ritual, prayer
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1β2:
- 1 ππππββππππππππββππ ππββππππππππππββπππππββ 2 ππππππππββπππππππββ [...]
- este persklum aves anzeriates enetu / pernaies pusnaes
- Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds; those in front, those behind.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1β2:
Declension
- (genitive singular) l.Ig. perscler, pescler
- (accusative singular) e.Ig. ππππππππ (persklum); l.Ig. persclo
- (accusative singular + -aΕ) e.Ig. ππππππππππ (persklumaΕ)
- (ablative singular) e.Ig. πππππππ (persklu); l.Ig. persclu, pesclu
Related terms
- πππππππππππ (peperkurent)
- ππππππππ (persnimu)
References
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904), βperscloβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 341
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), βposcΕ, -ereβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 483
- Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguviumβ[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association
- Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), βpersclerβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 36
- Birgit Rasmussen (Olsen) (1988), βThe Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix and its Variants.pdfβ, in Historical Linguisticsβ[2], page 17
- Andrew Byrd (1 June 2010), βReconstructing Indo-European Syllabificationβ, in Linguistics Faculty Publicationsβ[3]