staflarem

Umbrian

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Etymology

Probably an *-āris adjective to Proto-Italic *staθlom, itself from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Adjective

staflarem f (accusative singular) (late Iguvine)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: established, standing firm
    • Iguvine Tablets VIb.37-38:
      pesondro . staflare . nertruco . persi . fetu
      • Translation by James Wilson Poultney
        He shall offer a persondro for Stabilis at his left foo

Declension

  • (accusative singular neuter) l.Ig. staflare

Usage notes

De Vaan records the form staflare as neuter whereas Buck lists it as masculine.

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, page 590
  • Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 324
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
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