𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔

Umbrian

Etymology

A plurale tantum. From Proto-Italic *werons m pl, a word characteristic of Osco-Umbrian, attested also as Oscan [Term?]. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“cover, protection”).

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Noun

𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 • (veres) m pl (early Iguvine) (ablative)

gate
- early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2–3:
  ² [...] 𐌐𐌓𐌄𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔⁚𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌔⁚ ³ 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄⁚𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌅𐌉⁚𐌕𐌓𐌄 𐌁𐌖𐌚⁚𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌖⁚ [...]
  preveres treplanes / iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu
  In front of the Trebulan gate sacrifice three oxen to Jupiter Grabovius.

Attested forms

(accusative + -en) e.Ig. 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌖𐌚𐌄 (verufe); l.Ig. uerofe
(ablative) e.Ig. 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔 (veres); l.Ig. uereir, uerir
(ablative + -kom) l.Ig. uerisco

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “O. veru”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 668
Buck, Carl Darling (1904) “uerir”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 351
Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) “uereir”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 56

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