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The phonology and etymology of Oscan pehed ‘piously’ and related forms

Matteo Calabrese 26 January 2017 Etymology, Greek, Latin, Marrucinian, Oscan, Paelignian, Phonology and phonetics, Umbrian, Volscian No Comments

An unsolved problem of Italic historical phonology is the explanation of the Oscan adverbial form πεhεδ (Lu 13) ‘piously’, as well as of the related words in Sabellian and …

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More on the Oenotrian inscription from Tortora

Matteo Calabrese 16 December 2016 Oenotrian, Oscan, Umbrian No Comments

Immediately after receiving my major degree, I resumed my research on the Oenotrian inscription from Tortora, expanding and sometimes revising my previous analysis of the same text. Even though …

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Voiced s in the Oenotrian inscription from Tortora. Part one

Matteo Calabrese 28 March 2016 Greek, Oenotrian, Oscan, Phonology and phonetics No Comments

In his analysis of the Oenotrian inscription from Tortora, Paolo Poccetti (see Maria Letizia Lazzarini-Paolo Poccetti, Il mondo enotrio tra VI e V secolo a. C. Atti dei seminari napoletani …

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Oscan aflukad

Matteo Calabrese 21 March 2016 Etymology, Latin, Oscan No Comments

The Oscan verb form aflukad occurs twice in the text of the Defixio Vetter 6 (also known as “The Curse of Vibia”) and is the third person singular of …

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Italic languages: original unity or contact?

Matteo Calabrese 16 March 2016 Latin, Oscan, Umbrian 2 Comments

Sabellian or Osco-Umbrian is one of the two subgroups into which the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family is divided, the other being Latino-Faliscan. Despite their many similarities …

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