πŒ€πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ‹

Etruscan
FWOTD – 2 November 2012

Etymology

Of native origin, probably constructed with the noun formant -πŒ‰πŒ‹ (-il). Compare Lemnian πŒ€πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ” (avis, β€œof years, of age”) with the Etruscan genitive form avil-s.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ΛˆΙ‘wΙͺl/ (> Late Etruscan /ΛˆΙ‘wlΜ©/)

Noun

πŒ€πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ‹ β€’ (avil) inan

  1. year
    • final years of the 6th century B.C. or first years of the 5th,[1] Thefario Velianas,[2] Pyrgi Tablets, first plate, lines 9-10:
      πŒπŒ€πŒ‚Β·πŒ‚πŒ‰Β·πŒ€πŒ…πŒ‰πŒ‹Β·πŒ™πŒ–πŒ“πŒ…πŒ€πŒ“
      nac ci avil Ο‡urvar
      for the three years of government
      [3][4]
  2. age

References
  1. Pittau, p. 1659
  2. Pittau, p. 1660
  3. Pittau, p. 1661
  4. Pittau, p. 1663; as β€œper i tre anni di governo”
  • Massimo Pittau, β€œGli Etruschi e Cartagine: i documenti epigrafici”, L’Africa romana: atti dell’XI convegno di studio; Dipartimento di Storia dell’UniversitΓ  degli Studi di Sassari; (December 1994)
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