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Lapis Satricanus
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The '''Lapis Satricanus''', or, "stone of Satricum", was a yellow stone found in the ruins of the ancient
Satricum, near
Borgo Montello ({{coor dm.html">Lazio, dated late
6th_century.html">6th century BC|6th century to early
5th century BC. It reads:
''(?)IEI STETERAI POPLIOSIO VALESIOSIO''
''SVODALES MAMARTEI''
or, "The (?) dedicated this, as companions of Publius Valerius, to Mars."
The Popliosio Valesiosio is probably a reference to
Publius Valerius Publicola, a
republic republican roman senator senator of
Rome.
The inscription is in archaic Latin or a closely related dialect. It is important for comparative Indo-European grammar as it is the only one to show the ending -osio for the genitive singular of the thematic noun declension in Latin. Later Latin has -î as the ending for this case but by comparison with Greek and other languages it becomes clear that -osio is more original.
References
*Beekes, R. S. P. (Robert Stephen Paul). [Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. English] Comparative Indo-European linguistics : an introduction. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia. 1995.
External links
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Il Lapis Satricanus (in
Italian language Italian)
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Publius Valerius Publicola
Category:Roman archaeology
Category:Inscriptions
