𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃𐌖𐌌

Etruscan

Alternative forms

faladum, faladum

Etymology

Compare Latin palatum (“palate”). Note this word is not attested in Etruscan script, only as an obscure Latinized Etruscan word falandum or faladum that Festus glosses as Latin coelum (“sky”) (see De verborum significatione, 78, 23 "falae dictae ab altitudine a fala(n)do, quod apud Etruscos caelum significat"; "falae (“siege towers”) are so called because of their extension to the falandum (“fala(n)dum”), which means "sky" among the Etruscans"). The ending -o is surely due to the Latin context, so the Etruscan word is likely simply 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌈 (falaθ) or something similar, as this forms the basis for the presumed derivatives 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌈𐌓𐌄𐌔 (falaθres), etc., which are attested in Etruscan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.la.dum/

Noun

𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃𐌖𐌌 • (faladum) inan

sky

Related terms

References

Pittau, Massimo (2018) Dizionario della lingua etrusca [Dictionary Of The Etruscan Language] (in Italian), Ipazia Books, page 165