πŒ€πŒ›πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ”

Umbrian

Alternative forms

  • πŒ€πŒ›πŒ‰πŒπŒ„πŒ” (aΕ™ipes)
  • πŒ€πŒ›πŒ„πŒπŒ„ (aΕ™epe)
  • πŒ€πŒ›πŒ‰πŒπŒ„πŒ“ (aΕ™iper)
  • πŒ€πŒ›πŒπŒ„πŒ” (aΕ™pes)
  • πŒ€πŒ›πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ“ (aΕ™eper)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Umbrian arΜ†epa, from Proto-Italic *ad-Ε™ep-a-, Proto-Italic *adlepa. Alternatively, the term may derive from Proto-Italic *adΔ“pā-. Ultimately, the term may derive from Proto-Indo-European *hβ‚‚leybΚ°-. Perhaps related to Latin adeps.

Noun

πŒ€πŒ›πŒ„πŒπŒ„πŒ” β€’ (aΕ™epes) (ablative plural) (early Iguvine)

  1. fat, fatty portions of an animal

Usage notes

Always appears in conjunction with the term πŒ€πŒ“πŒ…πŒ„πŒ” (arves).

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
  • Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguviumβ€Ž[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association