𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔

Umbrian

Etymology

From postne (“back”), cognate of pōne, suffixed with *-aijos, also found in its antonym 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔 (pernaies). Only attested in the feminine plural.

Adjective

𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔 • (pusnaes) (early Iguvine) (ablative feminine plural)

1. in the back, rear
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1–2:

     ¹ 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄⁚​𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌⁚​𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌀𐌍𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖⁚​ ² 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔⁚​ [...]

     este persklum aves anzeriates enetu / pernaies pusnaes

     Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds; those in front, those behind.

Declension

• (accusative feminine plural) e.Ig. 𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌀𐌚 (pustnaiaf)
• (ablative feminine plural) e.Ig. 𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔 (pusnaes)

Related terms

• 𐌐𐌖𐌔 (pus), postne, 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔 (pernaies)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “post”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 483–484
• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “pustnaiaf”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 343
• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “pustnaiaf”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 43