αυνοι

Pre-Samnite

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agʷnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. The term has also been connected with Oscan 𐌀𐌌𐌍𐌞𐌃 (amnúd) and Latin amnis.

Noun

αυνοι (aunoi) (dative singular)

  1. lamb
    • Discovered in 1991, Sacred Law from Tortora [1]:
      [ν]ε πυσμοι αυνοι
      [n]e pusmoi aunoi
      not to this lamb

References

  1. ^ Matteo Calabrese (2021) “The sacred law from Tortora”, in Latomus[1] (in Pre-Samnite), volume 80, Société d’études latines de Bruxelles, →DOI