634:
109:
in 305–302 BC, the
Paelignians having fought hard against even this degree of subjection. Each member of the confederacy entered the alliance with Rome as an independent unit, and in none was there any town or community politically separate from the tribe as a whole. Thus the Vestini issued coins of
506:
Paelignian and this group of inscriptions generally form the most important link in the chain of the Italic dialects, as without them the transition from Oscan to
Umbrian would be completely lost. The unique collection of inscriptions and antiquities of Pentima and the museum at Sulmona were both
519:, but some of them both in language and script show the style of his period (e.g. 3087, 3137); and, on the other hand, as several of the native inscriptions, which are all in the Latin alphabet, show the normal letters of the
114:. How purely Italic in sentiment these communities of the mountain country remained appears from the choice of the mountain fortress of Corfinium as the rebel capital. It was renamed Vitellio, the
444:
still occasionally used in writing. The last sentence of the interesting epitaph from which this phrase is taken may be quoted as a specimen of the dialect; the stone was found in
953:
319:
The known
Paeligni inscriptions show that the dialect spoken by these tribes was substantially the same from the northern boundary of the Frentani to some place in the upper
339:, though presenting some peculiarities of its own, which warrant, perhaps, the use of the name North Oscan. The clearest of these is the use of postpositions, as in Vestine
948:
448:, the ancient Corfinium, and the very perfect style of the Latin alphabet in which it is written shows that it cannot well be earlier than the last century BC:
654:
684:
507:
created by
Professor Antonio de Nino, whose devotion to the antiquities of his native district rescued every single Paelignian monument that we possess.
525:
there is little doubt that, for religious and private purposes at least, the
Paelignian dialect lasted down to the middle of the 1st century BC.
126:
after the Social War, and that was the beginning of the end of their national identity, as they began to adopt Roman culture and language.
649:
491:, "concubine", it is conceivable that it meant “halfbreeds” and was a name coined in contempt by the conquering Sabines, who turned the
943:
479:), but the difference that it has no vowel before the suffix suggests that it may rather be parallel with the suffix of Latin
677:
592:
535:
609:
111:
701:
670:
122:, a name which appears, written in Oscan alphabet, on the coins struck there in 90 BC. The Paeligni were granted
848:
938:
294:
213:
747:
731:
223:
886:
806:
796:
854:
258:
78:, 325 BC. Like other Oscan-Umbrian populations, they were governed by supreme magistrates known as
503:. But, when unsupported by direct evidence, even the most tempting etymology is an unsafe guide.
788:
349:
75:
906:
830:
724:
714:
709:
123:
898:
869:
865:
825:
820:
814:
693:
615:
468:(2nd plural perfect indicative) is closely parallel to the inflection of the same person in
218:
191:
918:
914:
205:
910:
768:
455:
320:
251:
228:
39:
310:
932:
645:
640:
604:
287:
43:
575:
110:
its own in the 3rd century; each of them appears in the list of the allies in the
135:
62:
The
Paeligni are first mentioned as a member of a confederacy that included the
860:
763:
500:
476:
324:
303:
271:
67:
434:), where the contrast of the last with the other two forms shows that the
278:
783:
778:
736:
469:
445:
441:
366:, "on to what lies before you". Others are the sibilation of consonantal
169:
161:
102:
91:
591:
For the history of the
Paeligni after 90 BC see the references given in
86:
801:
758:
336:
332:
173:
165:
157:
95:
71:
47:
17:
600:
520:
487:
80:
662:
902:
719:
639:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
516:
515:
None of the Latin inscriptions of the district need be older than
328:
184:
115:
63:
51:
460:
ite vos porro pacati (cum bona pace), qui hoc scriptum legistis.
596:
554:
106:
666:
475:
The name
Paeligni may belong to the NO-class of ethnica (see
658:. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
879:
841:
746:
700:
301:
285:
269:
264:
248:
202:
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179:
153:
148:
74:, with which the Romans came into conflict in the
493:
463:
449:
435:
423:
407:
395:
389:
383:
373:
367:
355:
340:
90:). Their religion included deities, such as the
388:in the local variety of Latin alphabet), as in
94:, Cerfum (a water god), and Anaceta (the Roman
451:Eite uus pritrome pacris, puus ecic lexe lifar
327:, and that this dialect closely resembled the
678:
8:
607:
480:
429:
413:
401:
361:
346:
954:Languages attested from the 2nd century BC
685:
671:
663:
422:(in pronunciation) in the ablative, as in
145:
472:and of quite unique linguistic interest.
949:Languages extinct in the 1st century BC
547:
485:. If it has any connection with Latin
599:, e.g. Fasti, iv. 79, Anior. ii. 16;
98:), a goddess associated with snakes.
7:
378:to some sound like that of English
105:, they all came into alliance with
25:
27:Italic tribe in the Valle Peligna
632:
618:xxxvii. 2, 4, Caes., BC, i. 15).
614:i. 15) and 296 (Corfinium, e.g.
557:ix. 45, x. 3, and Diod. xx. 101.
872:, transitional or independent)
536:List of ancient Italic peoples
1:
773:
913:; Latin is still used as a
610:Commentarii de Bello Civili
970:
905:(and its descendants, the
499:into the community of the
895:
130:Gentes of Paeligni origin
101:On the submission of the
372:and the assibilation of
183:south and south-central
739:? (possibly not Italic)
655:Encyclopædia Britannica
595:ix. 290 (Sulmona, esp.
494:
464:
450:
436:
424:
408:
396:
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374:
368:
356:
341:
944:Osco-Umbrian languages
608:
481:
459:
430:
414:
402:
362:
347:
887:Proto-Italic language
431:aetate fertili finita
425:aetatu firata fertlid
323:valley not far from
915:liturgical language
857:? (possibly Celtic)
580:The Italic Dialects
259:Old Italic alphabet
418:; and the loss of
76:Second Samnite War
926:
925:
907:Romance languages
725:Romance languages
317:
316:
124:Roman citizenship
46:, in what is now
42:who lived in the
16:(Redirected from
961:
899:Italic languages
694:Italic languages
687:
680:
673:
664:
659:
638:
636:
635:
619:
616:Diodorus Siculus
613:
589:
583:
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558:
552:
526:
497:
484:
467:
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365:
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281:
274:
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208:
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146:
21:
969:
968:
964:
963:
962:
960:
959:
958:
929:
928:
927:
922:
919:Catholic Church
891:
875:
849:Ancient Belgian
837:
742:
702:Latino-Faliscan
696:
691:
648:, ed. (1911). "
644:
633:
631:
623:
622:
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293:
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277:
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255:
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244:
209:
206:Language family
204:
196:
144:
132:
60:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
967:
965:
957:
956:
951:
946:
941:
939:Italic peoples
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845:
843:
839:
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836:
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828:
823:
818:
811:Umbrian group
809:
804:
799:
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792:
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771:
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690:
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661:
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646:Chisholm, Hugh
628:
627:
621:
620:
584:
568:
559:
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265:Language codes
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252:Writing system
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154:Native to
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131:
128:
59:
56:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
966:
955:
952:
950:
947:
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942:
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937:
936:
934:
920:
916:
912:
908:
904:
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894:
888:
885:
884:
882:
880:Reconstructed
878:
871:
867:
864:
862:
859:
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853:
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832:
829:
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749:
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738:
735:
733:
732:Praenestinian
730:
726:
723:
722:
721:
718:
716:
713:
711:
708:
707:
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703:
699:
695:
688:
683:
681:
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669:
668:
665:
657:
656:
651:
647:
642:
641:public domain
630:
629:
625:
624:
617:
612:
611:
606:
605:Julius Caesar
602:
598:
594:
588:
585:
581:
577:
572:
569:
566:Diod. xx. 90.
563:
560:
556:
551:
548:
541:
537:
534:
533:
529:
527:
522:
518:
510:
508:
504:
502:
498:
496:
495:touta marouca
490:
489:
483:
478:
473:
471:
466:
461:
457:
452:
447:
443:
438:
432:
426:
421:
416:
410:
404:
398:
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386:
381:
376:
370:
364:
358:
352:
351:
343:
338:
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330:
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305:
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296:
292:
289:
288:Linguist List
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214:Indo-European
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69:
65:
57:
55:
53:
49:
45:
44:Valle Peligna
41:
37:
33:
19:
868:? (possibly
807:South Picene
755:Oscan group
748:Osco-Umbrian
653:
587:
579:
576:R. S. Conway
571:
562:
550:
514:
505:
492:
486:
474:
419:
382:(denoted by
379:
318:
302:
233:
224:Osco-Umbrian
119:
100:
85:
79:
61:
40:Italic tribe
35:
31:
29:
797:Pre-Samnite
764:Marrucinian
626:Attribution
363:in proximum
136:Ovidia gens
933:Categories
909:) are now
855:Lusitanian
774:Paelignian
542:References
521:Ciceronian
348:in templo
342:Poimunie-n
234:Paelignian
149:Paelignian
112:Social War
84:(singular
50:, central
861:Oenotrian
789:Vestinian
582:, p. 216.
501:Marrucini
482:privignus
477:Marrucini
462:The form
400:," i.e. "
357:pritrom-e
325:Amiternum
304:Glottolog
272:ISO 639-3
68:Marrucini
831:Volscian
784:Sidicini
759:Hernican
737:Siculian
715:Lanuvian
710:Faliscan
650:Paeligni
530:See also
523:period,
470:Sanskrit
446:Corfinio
442:archaism
415:Mussedia
350:Pomonali
311:pael1234
170:Calabria
162:Campania
142:Language
118:form of
103:Samnites
92:Dioscuri
81:meddices
38:were an
32:Paeligni
917:of the
911:extinct
901:except
866:Venetic
842:Unknown
826:Umbrian
821:Marsian
815:Aequian
779:Samnite
643::
603:ii. 9;
440:was an
412:= Lat.
403:ad-viam
360:, i.e.
337:Samnium
333:Lucania
321:Aternus
192:Extinct
174:Abruzzo
166:Lucania
158:Samnium
96:Angitia
72:Vestini
58:History
48:Abruzzo
36:Peligni
18:Peligni
870:Celtic
802:Sabine
637:
601:Florus
593:C.I.L.
488:paelex
428:(i.e.
409:Musesa
397:viamdö
391:vidadu
219:Italic
180:Region
120:Italia
87:meddix
70:, and
903:Latin
769:Oscan
720:Latin
517:Sulla
456:Latin
329:Oscan
229:Oscan
185:Italy
116:Oscan
64:Marsi
52:Italy
897:All
597:Ovid
555:Livy
511:Fate
465:lexe
375:-di-
335:and
172:and
107:Rome
30:The
652:".
406:";
394:, "
354:";
345:, "
331:of
295:pgn
279:pgn
34:or
935::
578:,
458::
454:,
437:-d
385:l-
168:,
164:,
160:,
66:,
54:.
921:.
851:?
817:?
791:?
686:e
679:t
672:v
420:d
380:j
369:i
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