persklom

Umbrian

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *persk-lom (literally “something used to pray”). Shares the root with Latin poscō (“to beg”).

Noun

persklom n sg

sacred ceremony, ritual, prayer
- early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 1–2:
  ¹ 𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌄:𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌:𐌀𐌅𐌄𐌔:𐌀𐌍𐌆𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌔:𐌄𐌍𐌄𐌕𐌖: ² 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌄𐌔:𐌐𐌖𐌔𐌍𐌀𐌄𐌔: [...]
  este persklum aves anzeriates enetu pernaies pusnaes
  Commence this ceremony after having seen the birds, those in front and those behind.

Attested forms

Inflection of persklom^? n sg
genitive	l.Ig. perscler, pescler
accusative	e.Ig. 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌 (persklum) l.Ig. persclo
accusative + -ař	e.Ig. 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖𐌌𐌀𐌛 (persklumař)
ablative	e.Ig. 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌊𐌋𐌖 (persklu) l.Ig. persclu, pesclu

References

Buck, Carl Darling (1904), “persclo”, in A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 341
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “poscō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 483
Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “perscler”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 36