πŒ‚πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ•πŒ€πŒ

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Oscan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *genatā, a theonym. The second -πŒ„- (-e-) is unexpected, as a native Sabellic outcome would lose the vowel in that position by syncope.

Proper noun

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πŒ‚πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ•πŒ€πŒ β€’ (GenetaΓ­) f (dative singular)

  1. (Samnite) Name of a goddess, likely Mana Genita.
    • 3rd century BCE, Tabula Osca, in Samnium:
      • side A, line 16:
        πŒƒπŒ„πŒπŒ…πŒ€πŒΒ·πŒ‚πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ•πŒ€πŒΒ·πŒ”πŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒπŒš
        DeΓ­vaΓ­ GenetaΓ­ statΓ­f
        statue to Goddess Genita[1]
      • side B, line 16:
        πŒƒπŒ„πŒπŒ…πŒ€πŒΒ·πŒ‚πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ•πŒ€πŒ
        DeΓ­vaΓ­ GenetaΓ­
        to Goddess Genita

References

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  1. ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 254

Further reading

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œgignō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, pages 260–261
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