anhostatu

Umbrian

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Etymology

From an- +‎ hostatu.

Adjective

anhostatu m (accusative plural) (late Iguvine)

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: unarmed, weaponless, without weapons

Declension

(dative plural) l.Ig. anhostatir

Alternative forms

anostatu

Usage notes

Carl Darling Buck and James Poultney consider the term to mean "unarmed" and to be related to Latin hasta. However, Michiel de Vaan argues that this term is of unknown meaning and that this etymology is problematic as Umbrian "-o" rarely corresponds to Latin "-a." De Vaan considers the term masculine; other authors leave the gender unspecified.

References

Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎^[2], Baltimore: American Philological Association