Etruscan Glossary TA-TL

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



-t nominative suffix [az96: 27]-

t, -ti, -th, -thi "in" (locative stem) [az96, b/k 32]
locative instrumentive suffix [mp68: 396]
ta, -ta, teis, teiS, tei "this" demonstrative adjective/ pronoun [am91, az96, b/k 32, mc91, mcv, g/lb83, pa, dep]
tn, thn "this" accusative demonstrative adjective/ pronoun [am91, az96, b/k 32, mc91, mcv, g/lb83, pa, dep]
-ta, -tn, -tS, -tla, -tle, -tra, -tre, -treS enclitic determinative article forms [mp68]
see emphatic forms ita, itan, itun, itas, ital, eta, eth, eith, ethl [am91, mp68]
see derived or compound forms etva, etve, eSta, eSt-la, itanim, etanal [mp68]
see Russian eto "this" [dep]
see Greek to "the" [dep]
see Gothic thata "this" [dep]
see Latin istud "this" [dep]
see Sanskrit tah "he" [dep]
see Indo-European *to- [az96, b/k 32, mcv 9-2-99, g/lb83]
see Nostratic *t.aE "this" [ag 79]

tafina "patera" "patera "saucer, shallow dish" [az96]
see thafna [az96]

tages founder of Etruscan divination, born as a prophetic child who sprang from freshly plowed furrow at Tarquinia (Greco-Roman form) [g/lb83]
deity who taught the Etruscans divination and augury; depicted as young man with two snakes as legs [EM]


talape "cane (for good luck?)" > "luck" [az96]

talassio, talassionis "Etruscan wedding-demon. The yell 'Talassio' was raised by the revellers at the moment the bride entered the house of the bride." [rl]

talce "foorprint" [az96]
see Italian tallone "heel" [az96]

*tal'e "young, pubescens" [ag 79]
see Nostratic *t.aEHl'V "young animal" [ag 79]

talitha "cash, counting" [az96]

talmithe "(which) articulates, computes, deciphers" [az96]

tam "to build" [dep]
see Latin domus "house" [dep]
see Russian dom "house" [dep]
see Gothic timrjan "to build" [dep]
see Greek demo "I build" [dep]

tamera "magistracy title" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
tamiathur-, tamiathur-as "body of magistrates"
see tesinth tamiathuras "caretaker of those belonging to the body of tamia-" [mp68]
"steward?" [az96]
see Greek themeres "holy" [dep]
see Hittite dammara "priest" [dep]

tamera, tameru, tamere-s-ca "chamber, tomb, chapel, arc, home" [az96]
tam-eresca "temple building, sanctuary, arc" [az96]
see tam [rmcc]
see tm-ia [mcv 8 Nov 96]
see Latin taberna "shop" of Etruscan origin [bm 24-25, g/lb85: 82, nv 73]
see Indo-European *dom- [mcv 8 Nov 96]

tameresca "promoter" [lb 299]

*tamna, *thamna "horse" [mp68, pa, dep]
Greek gloss dámnos [mp68]
see Breton danvad "sheep" [dep]
see Irish damh "ox" [dep]
see Greek dammalis "calf" [dep]
see Gothic gatamjan "to tame" [dep]

tanam, thana, thania, thanna, thannia, thanusa, tanusa, thansius name [az96: 25]

tanasa-, thanasa, tanasa-r, thandsa "actor, character, person in a ritual" [az96, pa, dep]
"having acted as" (intensive perfective participle) [dep]
"lamentations?" [az96]
see thans, thans-ur [mp68]
see Irish deanaim "I do" [dep]
see Armenian dnem "I do" [dep]

tanna "to sentence" [az96]

tanxuil female name [g/lb83 22]

taphu "beaten, vexed" [az96]
taphuSa "touched, beaten" [az96]
taplaS- "to beat" [az96]

tarils "stimulator, exciter" [az96]

tarna family name (male) [g/lb83 73, mc91: 134]
"thorn, sting" [az96]
tarnai family name (female) [mc91: 134]

tarsu, tarsura "terror, terrible" [az96]

t'art'anium, dardanium "Dardani, Trojans" [g/lb85: 171]

tartiria "offering" [mp68: 409]
"investigation, exhamination (of haruspex?)" [az96]

tarxi "perception" [az96]
tarxi name [g/lb83]
tarxi salvi "starwatcher" [az96]
tarxie "grasping" [az96]
tarxna, tarxuna "Tarquinia (town named for family)" [djh 14, lrp 57, mc91]
tarxnalth, tarxn-al-thi "in Tarquinia (named for demiurge Tarxun)" [az96, mc91: 139]
"to Tarquinia" [mc91]
tarxumenai "god of perception, hunting, etc." [az96]
tarxun, tarxunie, tarxunus "Tarchon, Tarquinius (founder of Tarquinii, recorded Tages's prphetic song)" [g/lb83, js]
brother of Tyrsenos [mc91: 82]
tarxun- "(which) perceives, grasps" [az96]
tarxvetena "from Tarquinia" [az96]
< *tarx-na [djh 14, lrp 57. mc91]
< tarc "to observe" [az96]
< *tark-, *tarkh- < "to perceive, grasp, grab" [az96]
see tarc-nei, tarxna, tarxumenaia, tarxvetenas [az96]
see Latinized Tarquiniî (city), Tarquinius (family) [djh 14, lrp 57, mc91, js]
see Luwian & Hittite deity Tarhunda, Tarhunta [mc91: 82]
see Hittite Tarkhun a god of conquest [js]
see Hittite tarh "to conquer" [O. R. Gurney. "The Hittites" 1990: 114; cit. js]

tata, tatan "(deity) splitter" [az96]
tatr "(organ of) land division" [az96]

*taur- [b/b 105-06]
Tyrrhenian root?
*tauru- "hill," [rah 53-54]
Tyrrhenian?

tavarSio "tomb" Lemnian [g/lb 85: 69]

tebenna, tèbennos "cloak, forerunner of Roman toga" [djh 60, mp68: 337]

tece "placed" [am91, g/lb83 76]
tec, tece sans "Straight Linker" [az96]
see éthêke [am91]
< *deik [az96]

tecsa "signal, sign" [az96]

tecum, tecvm natual deity [mp68: 251]
"Judge (god)" [az96]

tef, teb "stamp, character" [az96]
< *s-tMbh "to trample" [az96]

teis "Justice (god)" [az96]

teisnica "figurative"
teisniclte "representation" [az96]
< *dheigh or *deik [az96]

teithurna family name [g/lb83 84, mc91: 110]

teitu "tenacious, resistent" [az96]
see Italian tenace "tenacious" [az96]

temamer "to rebuke, assail" [az96]
see thep-, thef-, thuf- [az96]

ten-, ten-u, ten-ve, ten-ine, ten-th-as, ten-th-aS "to perform, exercise (a magistracy)" [am91, mp68, pa, dep]
"to act as" [g/lb83]
tenath, thneth "to hold"
tenthas "holding" [az96]
"having had the function" [am91]
verbal participle based on tenu [mc91: 71]
tenthce "held, applied oneself?" [az96]
tenu, tenve"has served as?" [mp68: 400]
"held (preterite)" [az96]
< *ten- [az96]
see Latin tenere "to hold" [az96]
see Irish deanaim "I do" [dep]
see Armenian dnem "I do" [dep]

teni "to offer" [am91]
tenine "offer" [am91]
"image, representation" [az96]
tenixunce "I offered" [am91]

teraS "at the threshold, limits (locative)?" [az96]

tereSia, teriaSal "Teiresías" [g/lb83 16]
"(that) from beyond, " [az96]

tes-, teS-, tez, tes-am-, teSam-, tes-amsa "to care for, cure" [g/lb83, mp68]
"to cure, to love" [pa, dep]
tesamit-, tezan "attested, documented" [az96]
teSamsa "cured" [am91, mc68: 399]
"having indicated" [az96]
teSiameitale "(were) dedicated, indicated" [az96]
teSiameitale "she favors him?" [mcv 8 Nov 96]
teSim "documented, attested" [az96]
teSinth "curator" [mp68, pa, dep]
"(which) indicates, authorizes" [az96]
tesinth "caretaker" [g/lb83]
see thez- [g/lb83, mp68]
see tezan , tesn-, tesn-e, tese-S, tesim, teSami-tn [mp68]
see Latin test- [az96]

teSne "judge" [az96]

teta "grandmother" [g/lb83]

teta "to cover, protect" [az96]
tetals "grandson (maternal)" [az96, g/lb83 74]
< "protected" [az96]
tetatru "protector" [az96]
tetina, tetnie "(which) covers, protects" [az96]
< *teht- [az96]
see Latin -tect- "cover" [g/lb83 74]

tetumina "beaten, hit" [az96]

tevarath "watcher, arbiter?" [pa, dep]
teurath, tevarath "judge, arbiter, observer" [am91, az96, g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, dep]
teurs "judge" [az96]
tev, tv-, tva "to show, see" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, dep]
"to observe, arbitrate" [az96]
tevcrun "one who watches, judge" [az96]
tevi "observation, judgement" [az96]
see Lemnian tavarsio
see Latin tuor "see" [g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]
see Greek thêweia, théas [am91]
see Anatolian tawarna, tawana, tabarna [ayma@tip.nl]

tez, tezi "sign" [az96]

tezan unknown [mp68: 406]

tiathasa "having indicated, adapted?" [az96]

ticusna male name [mc91: 123]
ticusnei female name [mc91: 123]

tin, tins, tin-S, tin-Si "day" [b/k 33, cb, g/lb83, v, pa, dep, gzb]
tin, tina, tinia, tiniia, tinis, tins "Jupiter, Zeus, god of daylight" [az96, b/k 33, cb, g/lb83, mc91: 53, mp68, pa, dep, gzb, EM]
tin cilen celestial deity [mp68: 251]
tin thvf celestial deity [mp68: 251]
tinas clenar "Dioscouri" [mp68: 247]
tinascliniiaras "to the sons of Tin/Jupiter (Dioscouri)" [pa]
tiniatule "divinations" [az96]
tineri "divining" [az96]
tins-cvil, tinScvil "gift of Tin (Jupiter)" [mp68]
"divine" [am91, az96]
tinSin "in/on the day" [g/lb83]
see Latin nundinum "nine day span" [dep]
see Old Irish tredenus "three days" [dep]
see Lithuanian diena "day" [dep]
see Old Slavic dini "day" [dep]
see Sanskrit dinam "day" [dep]
see English tin, metal of Jupiter [internet, source unknown]
see Indo-European *di, *din "light" [pa]
see Indo-European *deiw-, *diw-n- , *di-n- [mcv 9-2-99]

tin "to pay, to have make" [am91]
tinake "paid, had make" [am91]

tinthu, tithun "(which) catches fire" [az96]
tinthur "hornet, vespa" [az96]

tipanati associate of Adonis [g/lb83]

tiphile "Díphilos" (Greek) [mc91: 52]
"one who strikes" [az96]

tita female name [az96, mc91: 68, pa]
"good (fem.)" [az96]
tite male name, family name (male) [az96, pa]
"good, happy (masc.)" [az96]
titi "goodness, bounty" [az96]
titia family name (female) [mc91: 102]
Tities Latin equitês name of Etruscan origin [lrp 48, rah 59]
see Latin Titus [g/lb83, mc91: 68, mp68: 233]

titulni, titlni "one who touches lightly, tickles, touch, tickle" [az96]

tiu, tiur, tiv, tivr, tiiur-S, tivr-s "moon, month, Luna (moon goddess)" [am91, az96, cb, jf 139, mcv 9-2-99/8 Nov 96, g/lb83, pa, gzb, dep]
"the bright one" [dep]
tiurunia "Diana, Lucina, Shining" [az96]
tiurunias month name [mp68: 407]
tiusta "brilliant, shining" [az96]
tiv "moon god" [cb]
see Latin dies "day" [dep]
see Germanic Tiw [rmcc]
see Sanskrit dyaus "bright sky, day" [dep]

tlamu "Talamone (city)
see Latin Telamôn [g/lb83, mp68: 192]

tlapu "wary" [az96]

tlenace, tlenaxe "undertaking, task, endurance" [az96, Pfiffig]

tlesna family name (male) [mc91: 102]
"allever" [az96]

tlexe past tense verb, passive voice [mc91: 142]
"sustainer" [az96]

tlnsth natural deity [mp68: 251]

tluscv, thluthu terrestrial deity [mp68: 251]
"Tellumo-Dîs" [az96]
see tellūs "earth, soil" [rmcc]



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