atero

See also: atero-

Umbrian

Etymology

Unknown. It may be connected with πŒ€πŒ•πŒ“πŒ– (atru, β€œblack”), possibly with a semantic connection between the color black and evil. It may also be from *ap-teros, a possible Proto-Italic comparative adjective that may have acquired a new meaning akin to Latin dΔ“terior. It may also be connected with Latin alter, as Festus states that some associated the term alter with evil and ill-omens during augury.

Noun

atero (accusative singular) (late Iguvine)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: uncertain meaning but certainly refers to something bad, evil, contemptable

References

  • 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
  • 2nd-century CE, Sextus Pompeius Festus, the Deacon Paul, Marcus Verrius Flaccus, Karl Otfried Müller, De verborum significatione quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome;β€Ž[2] (quotation in Latin; overall work in Latin), Lipsia, Weidmann, page 7:
    alter ei pro non bono ponitur, ut in auguriis altera cum appellatur avis quae utique prospera non est; sic aliier nonnumquam pro adverso dicitur et malo
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