ferom

Volscian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ferō. Cognate with Latin ferō (“to carry”).

Verb

ferom (infinitive)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: to carry

Usage notes

American linguist Ernst Pulgram suggested that it was used in the same manner as Latin circumferre, referring specifically to a purification rite performed by carrying sacred objects around something. He further proposes that the verb may have functioned like a noun in this circumstance, meaning something akin to “the carrying.”

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), page 25:
  • 1976, Ernst Pulgram, “The Volscian Tabula Veliterna: A New Interpretation”, in Glotta‎[2], volume 54, number 3/4 (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 259:
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