𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖

Umbrian

Alternative forms

• e.Ig. 𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖 (enetu); l.Ig. enetu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *en-eō (“to go inside; to being”), whence also Latin ineō. Only attested in the third person singular present imperative.

Verb

𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖 • (enetu) (early Iguvine) (third-person singular imperative present)

1. to commence, begin
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1–2:

     ¹ 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄⁚​𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌⁚​𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌀𐌍𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖⁚​ ² 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔⁚​ [...]

     este persklum aves anzeriates enetu / pernaies pusnaes

     Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds; those in front, those behind.

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “eō, īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “enetu”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 15