𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄

Umbrian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *djous patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws ph₂tḗr. Cognate with Latin Iuppiter, Iovis.

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Proper noun

𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄 • (iuve) m sg (dative)

1. the sky-god; Juppiter, Dyeus
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2–3:

     ² [...] 𐌐𐌓𐌄𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔⁚​𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌔⁚​ ³ 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄⁚​𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌅𐌉⁚​𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌁𐌖𐌚⁚​𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌖⁚​ [...]

     preveres treplanes / iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu

     In front of the Trebulan gate sacrifice three oxen to Jupiter Grabovius.

Attested forms

• (dative) e.Ig. 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄 (iuve), 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (iuvepatre), 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌐 (iuvip); l.Ig. iuue
• (vocative) e.Ig. 𐌉𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓 (iupater)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “Iūpiter, Iovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 315–316
• Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “iupater”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 26