trif

trif

Umbrian

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). Compare Latin trēs.

Numeral

trif

1. three
   • 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 trif? pl
accusative m./f.	e.Ig. 𐌕𐌓𐌄 (tre), 𐌕𐌓𐌄𐌚 (tref), 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌚 (trif) l.Ig. trif, treif
accusative neuter	e.Ig. 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌀 (triia)
ablative neuter	e.Ig. 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌔 (tris)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “trēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 628
• Ancillotti, Augusto; Cerri, Romolo (2015), “tre”, in Vocabolario dell'umbro delle tavole di Gubbio [Vocabulary of Umbrian and of the Iguvine Tables] (in Italian), page 53