πŒ”πŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒ‰πŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒ–

Umbrian

Etymology

Disuted. According to De Vaan, a denominal verb of πŒ”πŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒ‰πŒ•πŒ€ (statita). Poultney argues that the term is actually an iterative verb formed from a denominative of statita.

Verb

πŒ”πŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒ‰πŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒ– β€’ (statitatu) (third-person singular future imperative) (early Iguvine)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (per De Vaan) to take position
    2. (per Poultney) to stop, halt

Usage notes

The term is often found in connection with the term πŒ€πŒ›πŒπŒ„πŒ‹πŒ•πŒ– (aΕ™peltu).

References

  • 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
  • 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 590
  • Miles Beckwith (2005), β€œVolscian Sistiatiens and the Osean -tt- Perfect”, in Historische Sprachforschungβ€Ž[2], volume 118, β†’ISSN, page 153