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Umbrian
Etymology
From an- + hostatu.
Adjective
anhostatu m (accusative plural) (late Iguvine)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: unarmed, weaponless, without weapons
Usage notes
Carl Darling Buck and James Poultney consider the term to mean "unarmed" and to be related to Latin hasta. However, Michiel de Vaan argues that this term is of unknown meaning and that this etymology is problematic as Umbrian "-o" rarely corresponds to Latin "-a." De Vaan considers the term masculine; other authors leave the gender unspecified.
Declension
References
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, Baltimore: American Philological Association