πŒ‹πŒ€πŒπŒ‰πŒ”πŒ•πŒ€

Etruscan

Etymology

Connected with Latin laniāre (β€œto tear to piece”), lanius, lanio (β€œheadsman; butcher, slaughterer”) and laniΔ“na (β€œbutcher's”) and related to Etruscan πŒ‹πŒ€πŒπŒ‰ (Lani, β€œa nomen gentile”).

Noun

πŒ‹πŒ€πŒπŒ‰πŒ”πŒ•πŒ€ β€’ (lanista) anim (plural)

  1. headsman
  2. gladiator

Descendants
  • β†’ Latin: lanista

References
  • Pittau, Massimo (2018) Dizionario della lingua etrusca [Dictionary Of The Etruscan Language] (in Italian), Ipazia Books, page 221
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