πππππππ
Umbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly from *am(f)-ped-iΔd, itself possibly from *amΞ²i + *pets. Possibly related to Latin ampulla, itself from amphora, ultimately from αΌΞΌΟΞΏΟΞ΅ΟΟ (amphoreΓΊs).
Noun
[edit]πππππππ β’ (amperia) (ablative singular) (early Iguvine)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: portion of a sacrificial victim, possibly a part of the foot; sacrificial vessel
Usage notes
[edit]Augusto Ancillotti interprets the noun as feminine, other scholars leave the gender unspecified.
References
[edit]- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βampeΕiaβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 3
- 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 Iguvium[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association
- Edwin W. Fay (1899) βSome Italic Etymologies and Interpretationsβ, in The Classical Review[2], volume 13, number 8 (overall work in English), βISSN, pages 396β400