Osservazioni sulla etimologia e funzione di due teonimi umbri

Journal Title: Collectanea Philologica - Year 2014, Vol 0, Issue

Abstract

The article deals with the names of two Umbrian deities written in the Iguvine Tablets, PUEMUNE (dat. sg. m.) and VESUNE (dat. sg. f.). The author relates the Umbrian forms to the Indo-European roots *pō(i)- and *ṷes-, both of them meaning ‘to pasture’, which produce respectively: Lith. piemÂnÅ (f.) ‘shepherdess’, piemẽo (m.) ‘shepherd’, Gk. poim»n (m.) ‘id.’ and Hitt. ṷēštara- (c.) ‘shepherd’, Av. vāstar- (m.) ‘id.’. The Umbrian theonym PUEMUN- can be connected with the Lusitanian name of the pastoral goddess Poemanae (dat. sg. f.). The root ves- of the other Umbrian theonym can be compared with the root of the Lusitanian name Vestero (dat. sg. m.) ‘pastoral god’. The Umbrian noun has the suffix IE. *-H1noH2-, present in the Italic theonyms (e.g. Lat. Pōmōna). Pieces of the same sheep were sacrificed to both deities, which additionally proves their pastoral function.

Authors and Affiliations

Tamara Roszak

Keywords

Related Articles

"Metamorfozy albo Złoty Osioł" Apulejusza jako punkt wyjścia dla spektaklu Metamorfozy OPT “Gardzienice”

"Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass" by Apuleius as a text involved with the theme of initiation and acquainting with mystery, in itself is a complex and multi-plotted research material. Similarly, the spectacle realised by...

IRONIA: UN FENOMENO RETORICO NEL CONTESTO DIDATTICO

Since antiquity man has been studying irony, it has always been in the center of a continuous debate of scholars of many different scientific disciplines: from Socrates to Aristophanes, from Plato and Aristotle to Cicero...

OBRAZ LACEDEMONU I JEGO MIESZKAŃCÓW W DIALOGACH PLATONA

In this paper were collected and discussed the passages of Plato’s dialogues, which present information about everyday life, social and political system and education of the ancient Spartans. In the last part of this pap...

PROBLEM ANTYCZNEJ EKFRAZY TEATRALNEJ. CZĘŚĆ I: POSTAĆ

Ekphrasis is one of the forms that the Greek tragic dramatists used in their plays. From a dramaturgical point of view it was a very important element of play strictly connected with the conventions of the ancient theate...

La consolazione di Dio nelle prove del ministero exempla in 2 Cor. 1, 3–11

In the following article we have tried to analyze the consolation of God in the Pauline ministry tests. The reason that prompted me to address the topic of consolation of God, finds its explanation in the fact that too o...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP167275
  • DOI -
  • Views 87
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Tamara Roszak (2014). Osservazioni sulla etimologia e funzione di due teonimi umbri. Collectanea Philologica, 0(), 57-60. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-167275