declune

Volscian

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, place”). Prósper proposes a derivation from Proto-Italic *deknōnā, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-no- (“worthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-. She argues that the dissimilation of "-n-n-" to "-l-n-" could explain the etymology of the term declune. Prósper, however, concedes that this theory is "daring." In such case, it would be a cognate with Latin dignus. It is also possibly a cognate with Marsian vesune. The majority of scholars argue that the term likely referred to a goddess due to the similarity between -une and the Latin suffix -ōna.

Proper noun

declune (dative singular)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: Declona, Declunus

Descendants

  • English: Declona
  • English: Declunus

References

  • 2022, Blanca María Prósper, “The Tabula Veliterna: a sacred law from Central Italy”, in Rivista Italiana di Linguistica e dialettologia‎[1], number XXIV (quotation in English; overall work in English), pages 10-11:
  • 1976, Ernst Pulgram, “The Volscian Tabula Veliterna: A New Interpretation”, in Glotta‎[2], volume 54, number 3/4, →ISSN, page 255:
  • 1951, James W. Poultney, “Volscians and Umbrians”, in The American Journal of Philology‎[3], volume 72, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 114:
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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