𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌔

Oscan

Etymology

From *𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀 (*abella, attested only in Latin Abella) +‎ -𐌀𐌍𐌔 (-ans, “-an”).

Adjective

𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌔 • (Abellans)

1. of or relating to Abella
   • Cippus Abellanus
     • side A, lines 2–3:

       […] 𐌊𐌅𐌀𐌝𐌔𐌕𐌖/𐌓𐌄𐌝 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌝 […]

       […] kvaístu/reí Abellanúí […]

       […] to the quaestor of Abella […]

     • line 5:

       […] 𐌝𐌍𐌝𐌌 𐌋𐌝𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌞𐌝𐌔 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋[𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌝𐌔 […]

       […] íním lígatúís Abell[anúís […]

       […] and the delegates of Abella […]

     • side B, lines 41–42:

       𐌄𐌊𐌊𐌖𐌌 𐌔𐌅𐌀𐌝 𐌐𐌝𐌃 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌔 / 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌖𐌔𐌄𐌕 […]

       ekkum svaí píd Abellanús / tríbarakattuset […]

       Likewise, if the Abellans build […]

     • lines 42–44:

       […] 𐌝𐌞𐌊 𐌕𐌓𐌝/𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌊𐌉𐌖𐌚 𐌝𐌍𐌝𐌌 𐌞𐌝𐌕𐌕𐌉𐌖𐌚 / 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌌 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌖𐌃

       […] íúk trí/barakkiuf íním úíttiuf / Abellanúm estud

       […] the building and its income shall belong to the Abellans.

     • line 46–47:

       […] 𐌍𐌄𐌐 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋/𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌔 𐌍𐌄𐌐 𐌍𐌞𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌔 𐌐𐌝𐌃𐌖𐌌 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌁𐌀𐌓𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌕𐌕𐌝𐌍𐌔

       […] nep Abel/lanús nep Núvlanús pídum tríbarakattíns

       […] neither the Abellans nor the Nolans shall build anything.

     • lines 54–55:

       […] 𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄𐌓 𐌔𐌋𐌀𐌂𐌝𐌌 / 𐌀]𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌 𐌝𐌍𐌝𐌌 𐌍𐌞𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌 […]

       […] anter slagím / A]bellanam íním Núvlanam […]

       […] between the territory of Abella and that of Nola […]

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	—	𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌔 m (Abellanús)
genitive	—	𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌌 m (Abellanúm)
dative	𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌝 m (Abellanúí)	*𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌞𐌝𐌔 m (*Abellanúís)
accusative	𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌀𐌌 f (Abellanam)	—

Descendants

• → Latin: Abellānus, ⇒ abellāna

References

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “Abellanú-”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 311
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “Abellanú-, quotations”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, pages 226-230
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “Abella”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20