ππππππππ
Umbrian
editEtymology
editA formation in *-lomΒ n from the reformed e-grade of Proto-Indo-European *prΜ₯sαΈ±Γ©ti ~ *prΜ₯sαΈ±Γ³nti (βto prayβ), whence also Latin poscΕ.
Noun
editππππππππ β’ (persklum)Β n (early Iguvine) (accusative singular)
- sacred ceremony, ritual, prayer
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1β2:
- 1Β ππππββππππππππββππ ππββππππππππππββπππππββ 2Β ππππππππββπππππππββ [...]
- este persklum aves anzeriates enetu / pernaies pusnaes
- Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds; those in front, those behind.
Declension
edit- (genitive singular) l.Ig. perscler, pescler
- (accusative singular) e.Ig. ππππππππ (persklum); l.Ig. persclo
- (accusative singular + -aΕ) e.Ig. ππππππππππ (persklumaΕ)
- (ablative singular) e.Ig. πππππππ (persklu); l.Ig. persclu, pesclu
References
edit- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) βperscloβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 341
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βposcΕ, -ereβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 483
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βpersclerβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 36