πŒ…πŒ–πŒšπŒ„πŒ•πŒ„πŒ”

Umbrian

Etymology

    Uncertain. Usually derived from Proto-Italic *woɣʷetos, the participle form of *woɣʷeō. Poultney, however, compares the term to Old Latin lubet and suggests a possible pre-form *lubhetōis.

    Participle

    πŒ…πŒ–πŒšπŒ„πŒ•πŒ„πŒ” β€’ (vufetes) n (perfect passive dative/ablative plural) (early Iguvine)

    1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
      1. votive
      2. (per Poultney) chosen
        • Iguvine Tablets IIa.31:
          πŒ–πŒ„πŒ”πŒŠπŒ‹πŒ„πŒ” πŒ…πŒ–πŒšπŒ„πŒ•πŒ„πŒ” πŒπŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒπŒ‰πŒ‡πŒπŒ–
          ueskles vufetes persnihnu
          • Translation by James Wilson Poultney
            he shall pray with vessels of whichever type he desires

    References

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), β€œvoveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 691
    • Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 352
    • Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 332
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