ośens

See also: osens

Vestinian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *opezāō, from Proto-Italic *opos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ép-os, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-. The linguist Rex Wallace proposes a development from *opsens, from *opesens.

Verb

ośens (3rd person plural perfect active)

  1. to erect
    • c.3rd-century BCE, CIL 1, 3268
      Aidiles ośens / Ob(ellius) Ebdies L(uci) Ma[.....] / Sa(lvius) Pedlies V(ibi?) Ria[.....] / Ov(ius) Fadatruni[es .....] / Ares
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Rex Wallace (1984) The Sabellian Languages[1], Ohio State University