𐌇𐌅𐌉𐌃𐌀𐌔

From Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti.

𐌇𐌅𐌉𐌃𐌀𐌔 (hvidas) (2nd-person singular present subjunctive)

1. to break
   • He 2:

     𐌌𐌀𐌕𐌀𐌔 𐌖𐌃𐌌𐌏𐌌 𐌍𐌉 𐌇𐌅𐌉𐌃𐌀𐌔 𐌍𐌉 𐌊𐌀𐌉𐌕[𐌔𐌉𐌔

     matas udmom ni hvidas ni kait[sis

     • Translation by Donald O'Brien

       [matas?] may you not break to pieces nor destroy the water-container

The term is generally interpreted as a present subjunctive, although Rix proposes that it embodies a unique "prohibitive" mood that is absent from Latin. It has also been interpreted as a subjunctive aorist.

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
• Donald O'Brien (und) The inscriptions of the central Italic languages 2021-12-11‎^[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English)
• Jane Stuart-Smith (17 June 2004) Phonetics and Philology: Sound Change in Italic‎^[2], OUP Oxford, →ISBN
• Helmut Rix (1998) “Eine neue frühsabellische Inschrift und der altitalische Präventiv”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎^[3], volume 111, number 2, →ISSN, pages 247–269
• Wolfgang David Cirilo de Melo (2004) “Gab es im Uritalischen einen ā-Präventiv?”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎^[4], volume 117, number 2, →ISSN, pages 249–268