πππππππ
Umbrian
editEtymology
editFrom postne (βbackβ), cognate of pΕne, suffixed with *-aijos, also found in its antonym ππππππππ (pernaies). Only attested in the feminine plural.
Adjective
editπππππππ β’ (pusnaes) (early Iguvine) (ablative feminine plural)
- in the back, rear
- 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- (accusative feminine plural) e.Ig. πππππππππ (pustnaiaf)
- (ablative feminine plural) e.Ig. πππππππ (pusnaes)
Related terms
edit- πππ (pus), postne, ππππππππ (pernaies)
References
edit- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βpostβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, pages 483β484
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) βpustnaiafβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 343
- Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) βpustnaiafβ, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 43