πππ
Umbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gΚ·αΉws (βoxβ). Akin to Latin bΕs.
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Noun
[edit]πππ β’ (buf) m (early Iguvine) (accusative singular)
- ox
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2β3:
- 2 [...] ππππ ππππββπππππππππββ 3 πππ πββππππππ πββππππππββππππββ [...]
- preveres treplanes / iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu
- In front of the Trebulan gate sacrifice three oxen to Jupiter Grabovius.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2β3:
Declension
[edit]Irregular:
- (accusative singular) e.Ig. πππ (bum)
- (ablative singular) l.Ig. bue
- (genitive plural) l.Ig. buo
- (accusative plural) e.Ig. πππ (buf); l.Ig. buf
References
[edit]- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βbΕs, bovisβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, pages 74β75
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 131
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βbueβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 8