aeteis

Oscan

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aitis, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-. Cognate with Ancient Greek αἶσα (aîsa), Ancient Greek *αἶτος (*aîtos), and possibly Umbrian 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌖 (aitu).

Noun

aeteis m or f (genitive singular)

  1. part

Usage notes

The term appears in a masculine form within one inscription, reading

  • Tabula Bantina 18:
    ministreis aeteis
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

However, it also appears to be feminine in one inscription reading

  • Cippus Abellanus B:
    𐌀]𐌝𐌕𐌕𐌝𐌞𐌌 𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌕𐌓𐌀𐌌
    a]íttíúm alttram
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Carl Darling Buck assumes local variation for the gender.

Declension

References

  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Donald O'Brien (1 March 2021) Oscan Lexicon of Campania 2021-03-01‎[1] (in Oscan), page 23
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