κενσορτατηι

Oscan

Etymology

According to de Vaan, the term is an inner-Oscan derivative of *kensor-. Latin cēnsor was borrowed into Oscan as 𐌊𐌄𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌔𐌕𐌖𐌓 (keenzstur).

Noun

κενσορτατηι • (kensortatēi) (locative singular)

  1. (Ancient Rome, historical) the office of Roman censor

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cēnseō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107
  • Vine, Brent (2017–2018), “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Italic, page 759
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