Varronianus: A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Ethnography of Ancient Italy and to the Philological Study of the Latin Language

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Reasons for comparing the old Etruscan with the Old Norse
77
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83
Predominant Sclavonism of the old Italian languages
89
The Sibilants
97
Some remarks on the other letters
99
Umbrian Grammatical Forms
100
Selections from the Eugubine Tables with explanations
105
Tab I a 26
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Tab I b 13 sqq
114
Extracts from the Litany in Tab VI a
115
The Atidian Augural Sacrifice
118
Umbrian words which approximate to their Latin synonyms
120
The Todi Inscription contains four words of the same class
123
CHAPTER IV
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Alphabetical list of SabelloOscan words with their interpreta tion
128
The Bantine Table
139
Commentary on the Bantine Table
142
The Cippus Abellanus
151
The Bronze Tablet of Agnone
154
The Atellanæ
156
CHAPTER V
164
Names of Etruscan divinities derived and explained
171
Alphabetical List of Etruscan Words interpreted
180
Etruscan InscriptionsDifficulties attending their Interpretation
196
Inscriptions in which the Pelasgian element predominates
198
Transition to the Inscriptions which contain Scandinavian words The laurelcrowned Apollo Explanations of the words CLAN and PHLERES
202
Inscriptions containing the words SUTHI and THRCE
208
Inferences derivable from the words CVER SVER and THUR or THAUR
210
Striking coincidence between the Etruscan and Old Norse in the use of the auxiliary verb LATA
212
The great Perugian Inscription critically examinedits Runic affinities
215
Harmony between linguistic research and ethnographic tradition in regard to the ancient Etruscans
226
General remarks on the absorption or evanescence of the old Etruscan Language
229
CHAPTER VI
231
Arvalian Litany
232
Chants preserved by Cato
234
Fragments of the Salian Hymns
235
Tab IX
256
Tab X
257
Tab XI
258
Tab XII ib 19 The Tiburtine Inscription
259
The Epitaphs of the Scipios
260
The Columna Rostrata
268
The Silian and Papyrian Laws and the Edict of the Curule Ediles
269
The SenatusConsultum de Bacchanalibus
270
The Old Roman Law on the Bantine Table
272
The Agrarian Law of Sp Thorius
275
CHAPTER VII
283
The Labials
285
The Gutturals
291
The Dentals
301
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Hypothetical forms of the nominative and accusative plural
330
The Accusative Singular
336
Adverbial expression for the day of the month
346
Third Declension or consonantal Nouns
352
CHAPTER X
367
Distinctive Pronouns
376
Numerals and Degrees of Comparison
390
Negative Particles
405
Verbs which may be regarded as Parathetic Compounds
407
Forms of the Infinitive and Participlehow connected in deri
426
The Participle in tûrus
432
CHAPTER XII
440
The second or e Conjugation
447
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CHAPTER XIII
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B Composition Discrimination of Compound Words
504
CHAPTER XIV
513
The Poetry of the Augustan age does not represent the genuine
520
The French Language is the best modern representative of
528
But all these Dialects were closely related to the Latin
534
Importance and value of the Latin Language
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Common terms and phrases

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TitleVarronianus: A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Ethnography of Ancient Italy and to the Philological Study of the Latin Language
AuthorJohn William Donaldson
Edition3, reprint
PublisherDeighton, Bell, and Company, 1860
Original fromHarvard University
Digitized18 Sep 2008
Length564 pages
  
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