πŒ–πŒ“πŒ–πŒšπŒ‰πŒ„πŒ‰πŒ”

Pre-Samnite

Etymology

Unknown. The text has multiple readings:

  • If read as Urufieis, perhaps related to Latin Orfius or Oscan πŒ–πŒ“πŒ–πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ‰πŒ” (uruviis)
  • If read as Urugieis, perhaps related to Latin Orcius or Latin *Urgius, a name which may be attested in CIL XI 6689 and the term Urgulanius.
  • It has also been read as Rufieis. If this theory is accepted, it may be related to Latin RΕ«fius.

Proper noun

πŒ–πŒ“πŒ–πŒšπŒ‰πŒ„πŒ‰πŒ” (Urufieis) m (genitive singular)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: name of a Pre-Samnite nomen gentilicium or a Pre-Samnite praenomen
    • Surrentum 3:
      πŒ–πŒ“πŒ–πŒšπŒ‰πŒ„πŒ‰πŒ” πŒπŒ€πŒšπŒ‰πŒ„πŒ‰πŒ”
      Urufieis Pafieis
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Tikkanen, Karin W. (12 May 2020), β€œLost – and Found – in Transmission: The Creation of the Oscan Alphabet”, in Clackson, James, James, Patrick, McDonald, Katherine, Tagliapietra, Livia, Zair, Nicholas, editors, Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterraneanβ€Ž[1], Cambridge University Press, β†’DOI, β†’ISBN, page 105
  • Olli Salomies (2012), β€œThe Nomina of the Samnites. A Checklist”, in Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennicaβ€Ž[2] (in Pre-Samnite), volume 46, β†’DOI, β†’ISSN, pages 137–185
  • Vincent Martzloff (1 January 2020), Consonant clusters in South Picene: Synchrony and Diachronyβ€Ž[3] (quotation in English; overall work in English)
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