Etruscan-English Dictionary

Sources:
dep: Damien ErwanPerrotin's Etruscan Etymological Dictionary.
pcr: Patrick C Ryan's Etruscan Glossary.
pa: Paolo Agostino's Etruscan Glossary.
dhs: Dieter H. Steinbauer's Etruscan Vocabulary.

A C E V Z H TH I L M N P R S SH T U PH X F

A

Etruscan	translation	source
aberas	April	dhs
ac	to make, to offer, to act	pcr
acale	June (month)	dep, pcr, pa
acalve	in June	dhs
acas	to make, to sacrifice to make, to present, to offer	dep pa
acathur	boy	pa
acazr	objects offered in the tomb offers	pcr pa
axapri	jug	dhs
acil	producer, potter	dhs
aclus	June	dhs
acnanas	begot, bore	dhs
ais	god	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
aisiu	divine, of the gods	pcr
aisna	divine, of the gods sacrifice, ritual	pcr, pa dhs
al	to make (e.g. a vase) to give, to offer to give, to offer, to donate	dep pcr pa
alice	gave, dedicated	dhs
alixa	gift, present	dhs
alpan	gladly, willingly (syn. of alpnu) gift, offering, willingly	dep pcr, pa, dhs
alphaze	type of magistrate offering	dep pcr, pa
alpnu	gladly, willingly (syn. of alpan) gift, offering, willingly	dep pcr, pa
alumnathe	sacred society	pcr
am	to be	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
ame	type of offering	dep
ampile	May (month)	dep, pa
an	he, she	dep, pcr, pa
anpilie	in May	dhs
*antha	eagle	dep, pa
apa	father	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
apana	paternal	pcr, dhs
apcar	abacus	dep, pcr, pa
apirase	in April	dhs
ar-	to make, to move, to build	pcr, pa
*arac	hawk	dep, pcr, pa
arce	raised (children)
*arim	monkey	dep, pcr, pa
ars	to turn away, to remove to push away	dep, pa pcr
as	to offer, to give	dep
aska	leather container (loanword from Gk. askos) type of vase	dep, pa pcr
at	to make a ritual action, to offer	dep
athemica	relatives	dhs
athre	atrium (loanword to Latin) building atrium, hall	dep pcr pa
athumica	relatives	dhs
ati	mother	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
ativu	mother, 'mummy' stepmother	pcr dhs
ati nacna	grandmother	pcr, pa
atran	type of priest	dep
avil	year years	dep, pcr, pa dhs
avilxa	yearly, annual	dep, pa

C

Etruscan	translation	source
-c	and	dep, pcr, pa
-ca	the	dep
ca	this	dep, pcr, pa
calusu	excellent, best	dhs
camthi	magistracy title	dep, pcr, pa
cana	consecrated objects	dhs
cap	to take away	dep
cape	vase, container (syn. of capi)	pcr, pa
caper	cloak	dhs
capi	vase, container (syn. of cape)	pcr, pa
capr	April (month)	dep, pcr, pa
capra	urn coffin	dep, pcr dhs
*capu	hawk	dep, pcr, pa
car	to build, to make (syn. of cer)	dep, pcr, pa
cautha	sun, sun-god	dep, pa
cealx	thirty (30)	dep, pa
cexa	ritual, sacred things to carry out a ritual treaty	dep, pcr dep dhs
cexase	magistracy title	pcr
cel	earth, ground, soil	dhs
cela	room, cell	dep, pcr, pa
celi	September in September	dep, pcr, pa dhs
celius	September	dhs
celu	sacred offering, holy priestly title	dep pcr, pa
celuca	interment	dhs
cep	priestly title	dep, pcr, pa
cepen	priestly title	pcr, pa
cerixunce	erected, built, had erected	dhs
cerinu	(was) erected, built
ces	to lay, to set down, to establish	dep, pcr, pa
cesu	was/were interred	dhs
ci	three (3)	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
ciz	three times, thrice	pcr, pa, dhs
clan	son	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
clanti	adopted son	dhs
cletram	basket, tray table?	dep, pcr, pa dhs
cleva	offer, offering	dep, pcr, pa
creal	magistrate	dep, pcr
culixna	vase bowl	dep, pcr, pa dhs
cupe	cup	dep, pcr
cver	gift	dep, pcr
cvera	work of art, sculpture	dhs

E

Etruscan	translation	source
ein	them, they no, not	dep pa
eis	god	pcr, dep, pa
eisna	divine	pa
eleivana	of oil, oily container of oil	pcr, dep dhs
elu	to offer, to pray	pa
ena	today, now?	dhs
enac	then, afterwards	pcr
enax	then, afterwards	pcr
epl	in, to, up to	pcr, pa
ers	to turn away, to remove (syn. of ars)	dep
esal	two (syn. of zal)	pa
eshvita	following, later day (syn. of ishveita)	dhs
eslz	twice	pcr
eta	this	pa
etera	slave, foreigner, client member of a class of citizens	pcr, dep, pa dhs
eterau	related to strangers	pa
eteri	slave, foreigner, client	pcr
etnam	and, also	pcr, dep, pa
etr	to ? (verb assoc. with sacred actions?)	pa
etva	this	pa

V

Etruscan	translation	source
vacal	libation	pcr, dep, pa
velcitna	March	pcr, pa
velitna	March	dep, pa
vers	fire	pcr, dep, pa
vertun	type of vase	dep, pa
vinum	wine	pcr, dep, pa, dhs

Z

Etruscan	translation	source
zanena	cup	pcr
zavena	drinking vase	dep, pa
zathrum	twenty	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
zal	two	dep, pa, dhs
zatlath	companion	dep, pa, pha
zelar	niche	dhs
zeri	rite legal action serene, unclouded free (person), accessible (water)	dep, pcr, pa pcr dhs dhs
zil	to practise a magistracy to rule, magistrate	dep pcr
zilac	magistracy magistrate	dep pcr
zilath	cultural functionary	dhs
zic	to paint, to write, to incise	dep
zinace	produced (pottery)	dhs
ziv	having lived	pcr
ziva	having lived the dead, deceased relationships, kinship	dep pcr dhs
zix	to paint, to write, to incise book, letter	pcr, pa dhs
zixu	scribe, writer	pa dhs
zixuxe	was written, incised or carved	dhs
zusle	offer, victim, animal	pa

H

Etruscan	translation	source
hampha	right side	dhs
hamphe	May (variant of ampile)	dep, pa
hante	before	pa
hanthin	in front of (cf. Latin ante)	dep, pcr
hathna	happy	dhs
hec	to put, place in front of, to add	dep, pcr, pa
hex	to put, to add	pa
heramas	sacred statue	dep
herma	place, statue	pcr
herme	sacred society dedicated to Hermes	dep
hermi	August	pa
heva	all, everyone	dhs
hilar	marked off	dhs
hintha	below	dep, pcr
hinthial	soul, ghost, reflection soul of the deceased, shade	dep, pcr, pa dhs
hinthin	to depose (down), below	dep
hinthu	below infernal	pcr pa
hiuls	owl	pa, dhs
huin	spring, well	dhs
hupni	sepulchral environment	pa
hupnina	sepulchral environment coffin	pa dhs
hus	boy, young man	dep, pcr, pa
hushiur	children	dhs
hushlna	mug, amphore	dhs
husina	young person	pa
huznatre	group of youths	pcr
huth	six five	pcr, pa dhs
huthzar	fifteen	dhs

TH

Etruscan	translation	source
thafna	cup	pcr
tham	to build, to lay, to found	pcr, pa
thamna	horse	pa
thap	to consecrate, to dedicate	dep, pa
thapna	vase (for offerings?)	pcr, pa
thaur	tomb	dep, pa
thaurx	sepulchral, funerary	dep, pcr, pa
theuru	bull	dep
thevru	bull	pa, dhs
thes	to bring	dep
thesan	dawn, sunrise morning, day	dep, dhs pa, dhs
theshviti	to/in the East	dhs
thez	to sacrifice, to make an offering	dep, pcr, pa
thi	pronoun	pcr
thina	kind of vase ewer	dep, pcr, pa dhs
thruna	power, rule, government	pa
thu	two one	dep pcr, pa, dhs
thucte	name of month in July/August?	pcr dhs
thui	here, now inside	pcr, pa dhs
thuni	before	pcr
thunxultha	step? (as in clan thunxultha "step son") private	dhs dhs
thunz	once	pcr, pa
thuv	to erect	dep
thuva	brother	pa
thva	interior, inner	dhs

I

Etruscan	translation	source	example
ia	it	dep
ic	it how like, as, and	dep pcr pa
ica	this, that	pa, dhs
ilu	to offer, to pray	dep, pcr, pa
ilucu	a period, part of a month	dhs
in	it demonstrative and relative pronoun	dep, pcr pcr
ipa	this relative pronoun whoever, whatever	dep pcr pcr
ipu	whatever, whoever	pcr
ishveita	following, later day (syn. of eshvita)	dhs
ister	actor	pcr
ita	this, that	dep, pa	ita tmia "this temple" (Pyrgi Tablets)
itu	to divide this	dep, pcr, pa pcr
ix	it how like, as, and	dep pcr pa
ixnac	how	dep, pcr

L

Etruscan	translation	source
laiva	left side	dhs
lantneteri	freedman, client	pa
lasa	bride, nymph	dhs
lauc	official title	pa
lautun	family, people, nation	pa
lautn	family, freedman possession	dep dhs
lautni	of the family, freedman slave	dep, pcr, pa, dhs dhs
lautnitha	female slave, freedwoman	dhs
lauxum	king	dep, pcr
lauxume	official title	pa
lauxumna	royal, palace	pcr, pa
lextum	kind of vase vase for oil	dep, pa pcr
lextumuza	vase, little jug	pa, dhs
lein	to die	dep, pcr, pa
leine	at the age of	dhs
leinth	old age, old woman	dhs
les	to offer, to give, to sacrifice	dep, pcr
leu	lion	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
lucair	to rule	dep, pcr, pa
lup	to die to have lived	dep, pcr, pa dep
lupu	to die dead, deceased	pcr, dhs pa
luri	brightness (of the stars), adornment	dhs
luxum	official title	pa

M

Etruscan	translation	source
mac	five	pa
macstrev	name of magistracy	dep, pcr, pa
macstrna	"aide de camp"	dhs
mal	to give, to dedicate	dep, pcr, pa
malak	votive offering, dedication	pcr
malena	mirror (made of bronze)	pcr, pa, dhs
malstria	mirror	dep, pcr, pa
man	tomb, grave, gravestone, monument the dead	dep, dhs pcr, pa
mani	the dead	pcr, pa
manin	to offer to the dead	pcr
marish	(male) boy, baby, youth, bridegroom, servant, slave	dhs
maru	name of a magistracy chairman of a cultural society	dep, pcr, pa dhs
marunu	name of a magistracy	pcr, pa
masan	name of a month	dep, pcr, pa
masculinena	mirror	pa
masn	name of a month	pcr
mata	kind of vase	dep, pa
matam	above, before	pcr, pa
matan	in front, over above, before	dep, pa pcr
math	honeyed wine	pcr
max	five four	dep, pcr, pa dhs
mean	childhood, youth	dhs
men	offer	pcr
methlum	people district, township nation	dep pcr, dhs pa
mex	people league nation lady, queen	dep, pcr pcr pa dhs
mi	I	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
mini	me	pcr, pa
mir	we	dep
mlac	votive offering	dep, pa
mlaca	good, beautiful	dhs
mlax	votive offering, dedication good, beautiful	pcr dhs
mul	to offer to make a vow	dep, pcr, pa pa
mulax	votive offering, dedication	pcr, pa
mulu	gift, present	pa
muluvanece	gave, dedicated	dhs
mulx	beautiful nice	dep, pa pa
mun	tomb underground place	dep, pcr, pa pcr
munis	to endow, to have the charge of	dep
mur	to stay, to remain (intransitive), reside to put, to depose (transitive)	dep, pcr, pa dep
murs	urn sarcophagus	dep, pa dep, pcr, pa
mursh	coffin, urn	dhs
mutana	sarcophagus	dep, pcr, pa
mutna	sarcophagus coffin, casket	pcr, pa dhs
mutu	thyme	dep, pa
muvalx	fifty fourty	pa dhs

N

Etruscan	translation	source
nac	then how, as, because why	dep pcr, pa pa
nap	unit of measurement for surface	dep
naper	borderstone	dhs
naplan	kind of vase, wine vase	dep, pa
nefts	nephew grandson	dep, pa, dhs dep, pcr, pa
nene	wet-nurse	pcr
neri	water	pcr
nes	dead person to die dead, defunct	dep dep pa
nesna	belonging to the dead	dep, pcr, pa
netei	mother-in-law	dhs
nethshrac	haruspex	dep, pa
netshvis	haruspex	dhs
nuna	offerings	dep, pcr
nurph	nine	dep, pcr
nurphzi	nine times	pa

P

Etruscan	translation	source
papa	grandfather ancestor, forefather	dep, pcr, pa pa
papacs	grandfather	pcr
papals	of the grandfather grandson granddaughter	pcr, pa pcr, dhs dhs
parx	attribute of a magistracy	dep, pa
parxis	attribute of a magistracy	pa
parla	kind of vase	dep, pa
parnix	magistrate	pcr
patna	kind of vase	dep, pcr, pa
penthna	stone	pa
penthuna	stone	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
penza	lower part, lower piece	dhs
pera	house	dhs
pi	at, in, through	pcr
prumathi	great-grandson	pcr
prumaths	great-grandson	dhs
prumats	great-grandson	dep, pcr
prumts	great-grandson	pa
prux	lug	pcr
pruxum	pitcher jug	dep, pa pcr, dhs
puia	wife woman?	dep, pcr, dhs dhs
pul	at, in, through	pcr
pulumxva	stars	dep, pcr, dhs
pupluna	people	pcr
purx	dictator	dep
purth	dictator	pcr
purthne	dictator	pcr
put	to accomplish a ritual action cup, vase well	dep pcr pcr, pa
puth	well, fountain cup, vase	dep, pcr, pa pcr

R

Etruscan	translation	source
rax	to prepare	pcr
rasenna	Etruscan, of Etruria	pcr
rasna	Etruscan, of Etruria public, belonging to the state	pcr, dhs
rashna	Etruscan	pa
ratum	according to the law	pcr
ril	in the age of at the age of, aged	dep, pa pcr
rumax	Roman, from Rome	pcr
ruva	brother	dep, pcr, pa

S

Etruscan	translation	source
sa	four self	pcr dhs
sac	to consecrate	dep, pcr, pa
sacni	sanctuary citizen	dep, pcr, pa dhs
sacniu	sanctuary	pa
sacnisa	to consecrate?	pcr
san	ancestor	dep, pa
santi	kind of offering priestly/funerary title	dep pa
sar	ten	pcr, dhs
sat	to put, to be put	pcr
sath	to put, to be put	dep, pcr, pa
scuna	place, room	dhs
sealx	forty	pcr
sec	daughter	dep, pcr, pa
sel	to do, to make	dep
sex	daughter	pcr, pa, dhs
semph	eight? seven?	dep, pa dep, pcr, pa
sempalx	seventy? eighty?	dep, pcr, pa pa
snenath	maid mate/companion	dep, pcr, pa, dhs dep, pcr, pa
snuiaph	sacred offering as much, as many as	dep dhs
span	lowland	dep
spanti	kind of vase dish/plate	dep, pa pa, dhs
spet	to drink	dep, pa
spur	city	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
spurana	civic, to do with the city	pcr, pa
spureni	civic, to do with the city	dep, pcr, pa
spuriaze	public	dep, pa
sran	ornament, figure	pcr
srancza	upper part/piece	dhs
sren	ornament, figure	pcr
srenc	above, upper	dhs
srencve	decorated with figures	pcr
suc	to declare	pcr
sut	to stay, to place	pcr, pa
suth	to stay, to place	dep, pcr, pa
suthi	tomb	dep, pcr
suthina	sepulchral	dep, pcr
suplu	piper, flautist	dep, pcr, pa
sval	to live alive	dep, pcr, pa, dhs pcr, pa
sve	similarly	pcr

SH

Etruscan	translation	source
sha	six? four?	dep, pa, dhs pa
shar	ten	dep, pa
shealx	forty sixty	pa dhs
shians	beginning, scheme, plan	dhs
shran	figure	dep, pa
shren	figure	pa
shrencve	decorated	dep
shuntheruza	round clay box	dhs
shurnu	order?, testament?	pcr
shuth	to put	dhs
shuthi	tomb	pa, dhs
shuthina	sepulchral grave gift	pa dhs

T

Etruscan	translation	source
ta	this	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
tam	to build	dep
tamera	type/level of priest name of a magistracy grave chamber	dep pcr, pa dhs
tamna	horse	dep, pa
tanasa	actor	dep, pa
ten	to practice a public office to act as	dep, pa pcr
tes	to take care of	pcr
tesham	burial	dhs
teta	grandmother	pcr, dhs
tetals	grandchild (in relation to grandmother)	dhs
tev	to put, to place, to set to show to see	dep, pcr pcr, pa pa
tevarath	watcher, onlooker umpire/referee/arbiter	dep, pcr, pa dep, pcr, pa, dhs
tesh	to bring to cure	dep pa
tesham	to cure	pa
tesinth	curator, caretaker	dep, pa, pcr
teur	judgement, panel, award	dhs
tezan	way, road	dhs
tin	day	dep, pcr, pa
tinia	day	dhs
tinscvil	consecrated objects	dhs
tiu	moon, month	pcr, pa
tiur	moon month	pcr dhs
tiv	moon, month	pcr, pa
tivr	moon	dep, pa
tmia	holy building, temple	dep, pcr, pa, dhs
tnam	see	pcr
trepu	workman, carpenter	dhs
trin	to plead, to supplicate, to invoke	dep, pcr, pa
truna	power, rule	dep, pa
trut	to do a sacred action libation lightning bolt?	dep, pa pcr dhs
truth	to cast, to throw	dhs
trutnut	fortune teller, oracle priest	dep, pa pcr
trutnuth	priest seer	pcr dhs
tunur	one at a time, singly	pcr
tuthi	state, community to give	dep, pa dep
tuthin	public	dep, pa
tul	stone	pcr
tular	stone border, limits	dep dep, pa, dhs
tularu	border, limits	pa
tupi	stone punishment	pa dhs
tur	to give, to dedicate	dep, pcr, pa
tura	incense	pcr
turane	July	dep, pa
turza	offer, offering	dep, pcr, pa
turn	given, offered, dedicated	dep, pa
tus	niche coffin, place in vault	dep, pcr, pa dhs
tusna	swan	dhs
tusurthir	married couple?	pcr
tuti	community, state	pcr
tuthi	community, state	pcr
tuthiu	pledge, vow	dhs
tuthin	of the state, public	pcr
tuthina	of the state, public the people votive object?	pcr pcr pcr, dhs
tv	to show, to see	pa

U

Etruscan	translation	source
ulpaia	kind of vase, jug	dep, pcr, pa
upaia	kind of vase	pa
una	flowing stream	dhs
une	then	pcr
usil	sun	dep, pcr, pa
ushil	sun south noon	dhs dhs dhs
uslane	at noon	pcr
ut	to give to carry out, perform	dep, pa pcr

PH

Etruscan	translation	source	example
phersu	mask, actor (loanword to Latin as personna)	dep, pa

X

Etruscan	translation	source	example
xulixna	cup	pa

F

Etruscan	translation	source
fas	relative pronoun	dep
falatu	sky	dep, pcr, pa
fan	to consecrate	dep, pcr, pa
fanu	sacred place	dep, pcr, pa
farth	to bring	dep
farthana	step? (as in sex farthana "step daughter")	dhs
fase	libation	dhs
fashe	relative pronoun type of sacrifice	dep pa
fasle	type of vase	pa
favi	grave, ditch	dep, pa
fir	to bring	dep
fler	sacred statue offering, sacrifice, libation	dep pcr, pa, dhs
flere	sacred statue deity, god	dep pa
fleres	sacred statue	dep, pcr
flerxva	ceremony, sacrificial rite	pa
frontac	fortune teller, seer, interpreter of lightning	dep, pcr, pa
fulumxva	stars	dep
fufluna	people	pcr
furthan	genius	pa

This dictionary collated by Neil Gratton, 2002-2003