ππππππ π
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Umbrian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, with the Osco-Umbrian suffix *-owjos. The intervocalic /-b-/ implies a non-native origin, possibly from Illyrian. Traditionally compared to Latin GrΔdΔ«vus, though its /-d-/ is incompatible.[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
ππππππ π β’ (krapuvi) m sg (early Iguvine) (dative)
- Grabovius. A divine epithet.
- 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:
Attested forms[edit]
- (dative) e.Ig. ππππππ π (krapuvi); l.Ig. grabouie, grabouei
- (accusative) l.Ig. graboui, graboue
- (vocative) l.Ig. grabouie, crabouie
References[edit]
- ^ Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 19: β[β¦] for the epithet Grabovius [β¦] most recent editors assume an Illyrian origin and no longer admit any connection with Latin (Mars) Gradivus: [β¦]β
- ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 336: βConnection with L.GrΔdΔ«vus attractive, but no satisfactory explanation for U. b : L. d.β