arpatitu

Volscian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐπιπάσσω (epipássō, “to sprinkle”). Alternatively, it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”). If so, the term would be a cognate with Latin pateo. The term may be prefixed with the Volscian equivalent of ad, which may have transformed into *ar.

Verb

arpatitu (3rd person singular future active imperative)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: sprinkle, spread

References

• 2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia‎^[1], number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 25:
• 1951, James W. Poultney, “Volscians and Umbrians”, in The American Journal of Philology‎^[2], volume 72, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 117:
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN