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)

1. gate
   • 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

• (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