πŒπŒ–πŒπŒ‰

Umbrian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Likely related to Latin pōtus (β€œdrink”) and pōsca (β€œmead”)[1][2][3] (sense 1.1). Alternatively related to Latin pollen (β€œflour”)[4] (sense 1.2).

Noun

πŒπŒ–πŒπŒ‰ β€’ (puni /pō̆nΔ«/) gender unattested sg (early Iguvine) (ablative)

  1. (uncountable) sacrificial substance. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. mead, posca[1][2][3]
    2. flour, mola salsa[4]
Declension

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œpōtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 485
  2. Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 19
  3. Buck, Carl Darling (1904) β€œponi”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 342
  4. Ancillotti, Augusto, Cerri, Romolo (2015) β€œponi”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 38

Preposition

πŒπŒ–πŒπŒ‰ β€’ (puni /ponne/) (early Iguvine)

  1. See πŒπŒ–πŒπŒ„ (pune, β€œafter, with”).
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