arvia

arvia

Umbrian

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Etymology

From arva (“farm land”) +‎ Proto-Italic *-jā n pl, literally “things relative to farm lands”. See also Latin arvum (“farm land”).

Noun

arvia n pl

1. harvest, crop, grain, or (disputed) entrails (of a sacrifical animal)
   • early 2^nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 3:

     ³ [...] 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀𐌖𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌖:​

     arvia ustentu

     Show the crop

Attested forms

Inflection of arvia? n pl
accusative	e.Ig. 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌀 (arvia), 𐌀𐌓𐌅𐌉𐌖 (arviu), 𐌀𐌓𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌀 (aruvia) l.Ig. aruio

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “arvum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
• Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “aruio”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 6