herentatia

Marrucinian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Italic *Herentāts. Related to Paelignian Herentas and Oscan πŒ‡πŒ„πŒ“πŒ„πŒπŒ•πŒ€πŒ•πŒ„πŒ‰πŒ” (herentateis). Perhaps more distantly related to Latin horior, from Proto-Indo-European *gΚ°er-.

Adjective

herentatia f (nominative singular)

  1. of or pertaining to the goddess Herentas
    • Po.204:
      sacracrix
      herentatia.Vara
      Sonti.salas.vali
      • Translation by Rex Wallace
        (Here lies) the priestess of Herentas, Var(i)a Sonti(a). May you be well. Farewell.

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), β€œhorior”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 289
  • Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languagesβ€Ž[1], pages 105-106