πŒ”πŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ–

Umbrian

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *sistō, from Proto-Indo-European *stΓ­stehβ‚‚ti, from the root *stehβ‚‚-.

    Verb

    πŒ”πŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ– β€’ (sestu) (first-person singular present active indicative) (early Iguvine)

    1. to place, put, found
      1. to dedicate
        • Iguvine Tablets IIb.22:
          πŒ„πŒ“πŒ–πŒ‡πŒ– πŒ•πŒ‰πŒœπŒ‹πŒ– πŒ”πŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ– πŒ‰πŒ–πŒ…πŒ„πŒπŒ€πŒ•πŒ“πŒ„
          eruhu tiçlu sestu iuvepatre
          • Translation by Charles Darling Buck
            present to Jupiter with the same dedication
          • Translation by James Wilson Poultney
            dedicate it to Jupiter on the same day
        • Iguvine Tablets IIb.22-23:
          πŒπŒ–πŒπŒ„ πŒ”πŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ„, πŒ–πŒ“πŒšπŒ„πŒ•πŒ€ πŒŒπŒ€πŒπŒ–πŒ…πŒ„ πŒ‡πŒ€πŒπŒ„πŒ•πŒ–
          pune seste, urfeta manuve habetu
          • Translation by Charles Darling Buck
            when you dedicate [the calf], hold the orbita in the hand
          • Translation by James Wilson Poultney
            When you dedicate it, hold a disk in your hand

    Usage notes

    Poultney compares usage of the term in a dedicatory context to a similar usage of Latin sistō found in the writings of Virgil.

    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.84-85:
      quam pius Aeneas tibi enim, tibi, maxima Iuno, mactat sacra ferens et cum grege sistit ad aram.
      • Translation by H. Rushton Fairclough
        good Aeneas offers her in sacrifice to you, indeed to you, most mighty Juno, and sets her with her young before your altar.

    Conjugation

    • (second-person singular present) e.Ig. πŒ”πŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ„ (seste)
    • (third-person singular future imperative) e.Ig. πŒ”πŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ– (sestu)

    References

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 567
    • Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
    • Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguviumβ€Ž[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association
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