πππ
Umbrian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- e.Ig. πππ (pre); l.Ig. pre
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Italic *prai. Cognate with Latin prae.
Preposition
[edit]πππ β’ (pre) (early Iguvine)
- (followed by ablative) before; in front of
- 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:
Antonyms
[edit]- πππ (pus)
References
[edit]- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βpraeβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, pages 485β487
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) βpreβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 343
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βpreβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 40