grabovim

Umbrian

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Etymology

Unknown, with the Osco-Umbrian suffix *-owjos. The intervocalic /-b-/ implies a non-native origine, possibly from Illyrian. Traditionally compared to Latin Grādīvus, though its /-d-/ is incompatible.[1][2]

Noun

grabovim m sg (dative grabovie or grabovi, vocative grabovie)

Grabovius. A divine epithet.
- early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2–3:
  ² [...] 𐌐𐌓𐌄𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔:𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌔: ³ 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄:𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌅𐌉:𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌁𐌖𐌚:𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌖: [...]
  preveres treplanes iuve krapuvi tre buf fetu
  In front of the Trebulan gate sacrifice three oxen to Jupiter Grabovius.

Attested forms

Inflection of grabovim^? m sg
dative	e.Ig. 𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌅𐌉 (krapuvi) l.Ig. grabouie, grabouei
accusative	l.Ig. graboui, graboue
vocative	l.Ig. grabouie, crabouie

References

Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, page 19: “ […] for the epithet Grabovius […] most recent editors assume an Illyrian origin and no longer admit any connection with Latin (Mars) Gradivus: […] ”
Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 336: “Connection with L.Grādīvus attractive, but no satisfactory explaination for U. b : L. d.”

[1] Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium, page 19: “ […] for the epithet Grabovius […] most recent editors assume an Illyrian origin and no longer admit any connection with Latin (Mars) Gradivus: […] ”

[2] Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 336: “Connection with L.Grādīvus attractive, but no satisfactory explaination for U. b : L. d.”