𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄

Umbrian

Etymology

A derivation in *-iō ~ *-iōn- from Proto-Italic *ferō (“to bear”). Compare Latin ferculum.

Noun

𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄 • (ferine) f (early Iguvine) (locative singular + -en?)

1. tray, bier, palanquin, sedan chair
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 4:

     ⁴ 𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌅𐌀𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄⁚​𐌚𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌖⁚​ [...]

     vatuva ferine feitu

     Sacrifice the ribs on a tray.

Attested forms

• (locative singular + -en?) e.Ig. 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌍𐌄 (ferine), 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄 (ferime); l.Ig. ferine

Related terms

• 𐌚𐌄𐌓𐌕𐌖 (fertu)

References

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 126
• Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “ferine”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 20
• Poultney, James Wilson (1959) “ferine”, in The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 307