𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌞

Oscan

Etymology

From Proto-Sabellic *fēsna (< either *dʰéh₁s-n(o)-h₂, the collective of *dʰh₁s-nóm, or by analogy to Proto-Italic *fēsios), from Proto-Italic *faznom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-nó-m, from *dʰéh₁s (“god; sacred place”).^[1] A reinterpretation from the second to the first declension appears to have occurred. According to Buck,^[2] in Oscan the Proto-Italic first-declension nominative singular ending *-ā changes in quality to a sound similar to [ɔː], which was written as ú ⟨𐌞⟩ (representing [o]) or, more rarely, u ⟨𐌖⟩. Compare also Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌖 (fanu), 𐌘𐌀𐌍𐌖 (φanu), 𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌖 (hanu, “templet, sacrarium, funerary chapel”).

Noun

𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌞 • (fíísnú)

temple, shrine

Declension

Declension of 𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌞 (fíísnú)
	singular	plural
nominative	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌞 fíísnú	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌔 fíísnas
accusative	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌌 / 𐌚𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌌 fíísnam / físnam	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌔𐌔 fíísnass
genitive	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌔 fíísnas	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌞𐌌 fíísnasúm
ablative	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌃 fíísnad	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌔 fíísnaís
dative	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌉 fíísnaí	𐌚𐌝𐌝𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌔 fíísnaís
Notes
Forms marked with an asterisk (*) are assumed based on the first declension of the Oscan Language. When Oscan is transliterated into Latin script, ú is used to signify an "o" sound, while í signifies a closed e.

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fānum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: with a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, Ginn & Co., page 129

[DV_fanum-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fānum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

[Buck1904-2] Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: with a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, Ginn & Co., page 129

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