πυσμοι

Pre-Samnite

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos. Alternatively, it has been connected to Oscan posmom and Latin postumus, both from *postəmmos (“last”). Calabrese rejects this analysis, arguing that the meaning of "last" does not make sense in the context of the inscription.

Pronoun

πυσμοι (pusmoi) (dative singular)

  1. this (relative)
    • 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
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