Etruscan Glossary CI-CV

Compilation and translations from French, Italian and Latin
by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999



ci, cis, ciS "three" [am91, cb. g/lb83, mc91, mp68]
ci zathrum "twenty three" [g/lb83 79]
ci-em ce-alx "twenty seven [g/lb83 79, mc91]
literally "three from thirty" [g/lb83 79, mc91]
ci-em zathrum "seventeen [g/lb83 79]
literally "three from twenty" [g/lb83 79]
ci-Sar "thirteen" [g/lb83 79]
ciala-th, cianil, ceanuth derivatives? of ci, cis, ciS "three" [mp68]
cialx, cialxu, cealx, cealxls, celx, celx-s, celxuS, celxls "thirty" [am91, az96, g/lb83, mc91, mp68]
ciz, cizi, citz "three times" [am91, az96, g/lb83, mp68]
developed with suffix *ki-ar-k, ki-shar-k ? [er 1 Mar 99, rab 332]
see Urartean kig "three" [ag 1978]

cia "folding, flexibility" [az96]
ciana "folding, flexibility, to bend" [az96]

ciari. ciartia "dark, gloomy" [az96]

Cicero Latin name of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]

cilens deity of underworld or fate; pars hostili/pars postica [mp68: 251]
"(one who) grows, gets bigger" [az96]
see cel [az96]

cilnii family name (Latinized form?) [g/lb83 25]
cilthcva "divine patron of a sanctuary (cilth)" [mp68]

cilth "sanctuary" [mp68]

cilth, cilthva "apex" > "haruspex, fulminator" [az96]

cilva "to swell, grow, blaze" [az96]
< *glivi "swell, grow, blaze" [az96]
see Latin glisco "swell, grow, blaze" [az96]

cina "family?" [az96]

cire- male name [mc91: 102]

cisterna "cistern" [lrp 48]
Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
see Greek kiste [lrp 48]

cisuita, cisvita "belonging to the clan, community" [az96]
cisum "(part) of the family" [az96]

citia "invite, summon, order?" [az96]

citz, ciz "thrill, motion, to wake" [az96]
< *kwihwit-s [az96]

civesana "family, community, race, lineage" [az96]
see ceusn [az96]

-cla, -cleri enclitic article [mp68: 397]

cla "to manifest, show, clarify" [az96]

clan, clen, clens, clenS "son" [am91, az96, cb, lb 90, mc91, mcv 8 Nov 96, mp 68/75, EB XXII:801, g/lb83, jpm, v]
clal "lineage, clan" [az96]
clante "of the race, lineage" [az96]
clenar, clinii-ar-as, clen-ar-aSi "sons" [am91, mcv 8 Nov 96, g/lb83, mc91, mp68]
clente "adoptive son?" [g/lb83 89]
clen-si, clin-si, clen-Si "to the son" [am91]
see Latin cliens "dependent" [htm]
see Nostratic *K.ülä "community, kin" [ag 79]

Clanis "Chiana" river known for stagnant water [bm 24]
Italian from Tyrrhenian [bm 24]

Clandius Latinized name [az96: 25]

claniu "one who breaks, beats, kills" [az96]

clapithe "one who beats" > "chiacchiera?" [az96]

claruxies name [az96]
see Doric klâroukhía [az96]

clauce "blue or greenish gray" [az96]
see Latin glaucus "blue or greenish gray" [az96]

clauthiethurasi "of the Claudii family" [g/lb85: 162]

clel "to call, shout" [az96]
cletra "oracular song, shout" [az96]
clen "luminous, happy" [az96]
klenase, klen "to be happy?" [az96]
clen cexa "willingly, deservedly" [az96]
cles "celebration" < "augmentation" [az96]
clesne "extensive, large, great" [az96]
clesva "grown, developed" [az96]
cluvenia "luminous (fem.)" [az96]
< *kel [az96]

cletra, cletram "basin, basket, cart for offerings" [am91, g/lb83, mp68]
see Umbrian kletra [g/lb83, mp68]

cleva "gift, offering" [g/lb83, mcv 8 Nov 96, mp68: 409]
cluvenias "offerfeast ?" [mcv 8 Nov 96]
"oracle" [az96]
"precinct or enclosure (of Athena)" [htb]

clevana "seer, prophet" [az96]

clevsin, clevsina "Chiusi (town)" [djh 14, g/lb83]
clevsins "of/from Chiusi" [az96]
see Latin Clusium, Camars [djh 14, g/lb83]

clivinia "favor" < "propensity" [az96]

cluce, clauce "clear" [az96]

clucthra, cluctra "clarity" [az96]

clute "lame" [az96]
see Latin claudus "lame" [g/lb85: 104, mc91: 99]

cluth- "to close" [az96]
cluti- "ark, chest, box" [az96]

cluthi "drinking vessel, cup" [am91]
see *kleu-, *klu- [am91]

cluthumustha, clutmsta "Clytemnestra" [az96, g/lb83]
"Secret" [az96]
see Greek Klutaimêstra [g/lb83]

clz "development, growth, greatness, celebration" [az96]
see cles [az96]

cn, cen "this" [g/lb83 76, mc91: 50]

cnaive. cneve, cneveia, cneuna, neverna male name [az96. g/lb83]
"nobilis" [az96]
see Latin Cnaeus, Gnaeus [g/lb83]

cnare, cnareia "born, knowing, expert" [az96]
< *knatis [az96]
see Latin gnarus "knowing" [az96]

cnepni "one who thickens, condenses" [az96]

cntianth compound particle [mp68: 397]

cntnam "the same" [g/lb85: 171]

cofesi "cutter, carver" [az96: 392]

coisa- > cûra "care, cure, curate" Latin [cw 10, lb 90, mp 75, rc 74]
cûrâre, "to care for" Latin [cw 10]
of Etruscan origin?

Corioli town named after family [lrp 57]

*cott "lamb" > Chút Romansh [jr 81]
of Rhaetian origin?

cotte "cabin" French, English cottage [b/b 128]
Tyrrhenian origin?

crampa, crampe "paw, leg" [az96]

crapilu "engraver, etcher" [az96]

crap-s-ti "engraving, incision, cleft (in divinatory liver" [az96]
locative? [az96]

crapsti deity
see Umbrian deity grabouie [g/lb83 91, 85: 126]

craufa, craupania "fold" [az96]
craup-z-n- "folded, bent mace, cudgel" [az96]
< *craupsta [az96]

creals "pain, torment"
< * krakhial-? [az96]

creice "Greek" [g/lb83 65, lb/a 337, de Simone cit. az96]
"bitten, chewed" > "painful, unhappy" [de Simone cit. az96]
< *krakhi-ce [az96] see Latin Graecus [g/lb83 65, lb/a 337, de Simone cit. az96]

crenalia "animal remains" [az96]
see Latin carnalia "carnal things" [az96: 392]

crepni "growing, increasing" [az96]

crepu name [az96]
"arraffatore" [az96]
see Latinized Grebo [az96]
see Latin creber "thick, crowded" [az96]

crespe cognomen [az96, mc91: 99]
"one who wrinkles, shudders, tosses" [az96]
see Latin Crispus "curly" [mc91: 99]

cresve "membrane?" [az96]

cretlu > crthl-, crutlu, krutmu "one who walks, advances, heavy" [az96]

cripe "handle, grip" [az96]

crisitha "shock, jerk, disturbance" [az96]
crisu "disturbed, moved" > "busied" [az96]

crucra "torment, pain" > "cross" [az96]
see Latin crux "cross" [az96]

cruisie "accumulator, increaser" [az96]
see Greek Kroîosos [az96]

crûmina "small purse" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
see Greek grumeá [lrp 48]

crunsle, crusle "striker, slasher" [az96]

-cs-treS enclitic article [mp68: 397]

cuciie "existing" [az96]

cuclni family name [g/lb83 71]

cuclnie "circular, cyclical" [az96]
cuclu "(pertaining) to the circle, cycle" [az96]

cucu "light (lume)" [az96]

cuie "prudence" [az96]

cuinte male name [g/lb83 57]
see Latin Quintus [g/lb83 57]

culixna, xuxlixna, culcna "cup, drinking tumbler, little kylix" [az96, g/lb83, mp68, pa]
see Greek kulíxna, kylix [az96, g/lb83, mp68]

culpiu "one who engraves, sculpts" [az96]

culs, culsu female underworld demon associated with Xarun & Tuxulxa [g/lb83]
"one who winds up, coils" [az96]
see Latin coluber "snake" [az96]
see Nostratic *q.oHlV "to kill" [ag 79]

culSanS, culsans "Janus" [mc91: 53]; deity [g/lb83 85]
"one who circles, turns, cycle" [az96]
culscva "tangle" > "guts" [az96]

cumere "village dweller?" [az96]

cumn-, cumln- "burden, throng" [az96]

cunza "enemy, host?" [az96]

cuparia "Cupid" [az96]
see Latin Cupido "desire, lust, greed" [az96]

cupe "cup" [g/lb83, mp68]
see Greek kúpê [g/lb83, mp68]
see Latin cuppa "cup" [g/lb83, mp68]

cupsln, cupsn "one who lies down, sleeps" [az96]

cure "decomposition due to heat, pus" [az96]

cursi female name [mc91: 125]

curtun "Cortona (town)" [mp68: 93]
see Latin Cortôna [djh 14, g/lb83]
city name found in Italy and the Aegean: [mp68: 93]
Crotone (S. Italy) [mp68: 93]
Gyrton (Thessaly) [mp68: 93]
Gortyna (Arcadia, Crete, Macedonia) [mp68: 93]
Kyrton (Boeotia) [mp68: 93]

curuna "crown" [az96]
see Latin corona "crown" [az96]

cuS "to keep" [az96]
cuSna, cuSithe "one who covers, guards" [az96]
cuSu "patron, protector" [az96]
< *keudh "to hide" [az96]
see Latin custodire "to keep, guard" [az96]
see Archaic Latin coisa- [rmcc]

cusa "Orbetello (town)" [djh 14]

cusperiena "cusp" [az96]

cuther male name [mc91: 95]

cuthna, cutunia- cognomen, family name [g/lb85: 162]
see Latinized Cotonia [az96: 25]

cutlis "beater, scout, striker" [az96]

cutu personal name [g/lb83 77, mc91:72]
"smith, artesan" < "puncher?" [az96]

cuvie "clever, expert" [az96]

cvalv, cvlalile (plural) "one who torments, tortures" [az96]
cvelne "tormented, martyred" [az96]
cvenle "afflicted, grieving" [az96]

cver, cvera "things, objects, gift offered or dedicated" [lb 90, mp 68/75]
"sacred" [mc91]
"thanks" [az96]
"ex voto" [am91]
cvil, -cvil, cvl "gift" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]

cvethn "to rest, repose" [az96]
cvethnei, cuethnei, cueSna "one who reposes" [az96]

cvl alp deity of fate or underworld, pars hostilis/pars postica [mp68: 251]



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