Pyrgi Tablets - Etruscan Vocabulary

Etruscan Vocabulary

*acna(s), to bring forth ( ' would be brought forth')

Note acnanas, arce.> "Having brought forth (ie: given birth to) five children, raised " (TLE 887)

*alš, to bury ( 'buried')

*am, to be ( 'has been, had been')

amce mecl Rasnal.> "He had been a chief of the Etruscan people." (ET Ta 7.59)

Astre, Phoenician goddess of fertility, associated with Uni ( 'of Astre')

*atran, reign, rulership

avil, year ( 'of the years, yearly')

ca, this ( 'this', 'and this')

ci, three

*cluvenia, aedicula ( 'of the aedicula')

Χurvar, month

*en, to last, endure ( 'shall endure')

<Śacnicleri cilθl, śpureri, meθlumeric, enaś.> "By way of these sacred objects of the sanctuary, by the city and by the people, endures" (LLZ, col 9, lines 12-13)

*etan, sanctuary ( 'of the sanctuary')

*heram(aš), Hermes idol (