iupater
Umbrian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws ph₂tḗr. Cognate with Latin Iuppiter, Iovis.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “mention the jov- of dative”)
Proper noun
iupater m sg (dative iove or iovepatre)
- vocative of *iovem, the sky-god; Juppiter, Dyeus
- early 2nd 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.
- 2 [...] 𐌐𐌓𐌄𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌔:𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌐𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌔: 3 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄:𐌊𐌓𐌀𐌐𐌖𐌅𐌉:𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌁𐌖𐌚:𐌚𐌄𐌕𐌖: [...]
- early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 2–3:
Attested forms
Inflection of *iovem? m sg | ||
|---|---|---|
dative | e.Ig. 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄 (iuve), 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (iuvepatre), 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌐 (iuvip) l.Ig. iuue | |
vocative | e.Ig. 𐌉𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓 (iupater) | |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “Iūpiter, Iovis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 315–316
- Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “iupater”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 26