arpatitu

Unknown. Prefixed with ar-, Volscian cognate of Latin ad-. The root underneath is uncertain:^[1]

• Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kweh₁t- (“to shake”), cognate to Latin quatiō (via Proto-Italic *kʷatjō). Compare Ancient Greek ἐπιπάσσω (epipássō, “to sprinkle”).
• Alternatively, it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”). If so, the term would be a cognate with Latin pateo (via a stative verb, Proto-Italic *patēō).

arpatitu (3rd person singular future active imperative)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: sprinkle, spread

• Poultney, James W. (1951), “Volscians and Umbrians”, in The American Journal of Philology‎^[1], volume 72, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 117
• Prósper, Blanca María (2022), “The Tabula Veliterna: A Sacred Law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e di Dialettologia, volume 24, page 25
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN