π πππππ
South Picene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. The term may contain a verbal root *vep-, a perfect active participle suffix *-s, and the genitive singular ending *-es. The perfect active participle marker *-s would derive from Proto-Italic *-wΕs, from Proto-Indo-European *-wΕs. Possibly the perfect active participle of verb from Proto-Indo-European *leykΚ·- (βto leaveβ).
Participle
[edit]π πππππ β’ (vepses) (perfect passive participle genitive singular)
- left, buried?
- Bellante grave stone :
- ππππππ π
πππ πππππππ π<π>π<π>π πππππ πππππ πππππ π
πππππ π
ππππππ
- postin viam uidetas t<π>t<π>s tokam alies esmen vepses vepeten
- Along the road you all see the memorial stele of Titus Allius, who has been left in this tomb
- ππππππ π
πππ πππππππ π<π>π<π>π πππππ πππππ πππππ π
πππππ π
ππππππ
References
[edit]- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN
- Raoul Zamponi (2021) South Picene[1] (quotation in South Picene; overall work in English), Routledge