πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“πŒ”πŒ„

Umbrian

Alternative forms

  • Turse, πŒ•πŒ–πŒ”πŒ„ (tuse)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *torsā (β€œfright”), from Proto-Indo-European *tres-.

Proper noun

πŒ•πŒ–πŒ“πŒ”πŒ„ β€’ (turse) (dative singular) (early Iguvine)

  1. an Umbrian goddess
    • Iguvine Tablets VIIa.50-51:
      Tursa Iouia, futu fons pacer pase tua pople totar Iouinar, tote Iouine, erar nerus sihitir ansihitir, iouies hostatir anhostatir, erom \ nomne, erar nomne
      • Translation by James Wilson Poultney
        Tursa Jovia, be favorable and propitious with thy peace to the people of the state of Iguvium, to the state of Iguvium, to the chief citizens in office and not in office, to the young men under arms and not under arms, of the state, to their name, to the name of the state

Declension

  • (vocative singular) l.Ig. Tursa
  • (genitive singular) l.Ig. Tursar

References

  • Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association, page 350
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 617
  • Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 350