πππππππππ
Umbrian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ππππ πππππ (anzvriatu)
- anseriato
- aseriato
Etymology
[edit]Possibly an inflected form of *an-seriΔ-, alternatively reconstructed as *an-serwiΔ-. This form may have originated as a denominative verb from a noun *an-ser-iom, which itself perhaps consists of an- + an unattested derivative of Proto-Italic *serwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser-. Cognate with Latin serviΕ.[1]
Verb
[edit]πππππππππ β’ (anzeriatu) (supine)[2][3] (early Iguvine)
- to observe, watch
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side B (photo; facsimile), lines 10:
- 10 ππππ:ππππππ:ππππππ:ππππππ:ππ ππ:ππππ πππππ:πππ:πππππππ/π:πππππππππ [...]
- pune:puplum:aferum:heries:avef:anzvriatu:etu:pernaia/f:pustnaiaf
- When you wish to perform a lustration of the people, go to observe the birds, both those in front and behind.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side B (photo; facsimile), lines 10:
- (by ellipsis) to observe birds
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side B (photo; facsimile), lines 8β9:
- 8 ππππππππ: 9 π πππππ:ππππππππ:πππ ππππ:ππππππ:πππππ:πππππ: [...]
- azeriatu: / verufe:treplanu:kuvertu:restef:esunu:feitu:
- observe the birds, return to the Trebulan gate and, starting again, perform the rite.
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side B (photo; facsimile), lines 8β9:
Usage notes
[edit]- In the Iguvine tablets, it is used within the context of watching birds[1] for the purposes of augury.
- The misspelt form ππππ πππππ (anzvriatu) appears in tablet 1b.[4]
Declension
[edit]- (first-person singular present subjunctive) l.Ig. aseriaia
- (second-person singular present imperative) l.Ig. aserio
- (future imperative singular) e.Ig. ππππππππ (azeriatu); l.Ig. aseriatu
- (perfect passive participle ablative plural) l.Ig. aseriater
References
[edit]- β 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), βservusβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 559
- ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), βanseriatoβ, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary[1], page 328
- ^ Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 296
- ^ Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 164