𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖

See also: atru

Umbrian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Italic *ad/tros, itself from Proto-Italic *ātros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter-. Cognate with Latin āter.

Adjective

𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 • (atru) n (accusative plural) (late Iguvine)

1. black

Usage notes

The linguist Augusto Ancillotti considers 𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌖 (atru) to be ablative neuter plural and adro to be accusative neuter plural. Other scholars record both forms as accusative neuter plural.

Declension

• (ablative plural neuter) l.Ig. adrir

Alternative forms

• adro

References

• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “atru”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 2
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎^[2], Baltimore: American Philological Association