arsmatia

== Umbrian == === Alternative forms === arsmatiam === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps related to arsmor. The scholar Nicholas Zair suggests that arsmor (“cattle”) was transformed into an adjective *arsmā-to- (“having cattle”), which was substantivized into *arsmāt-ijo-. === Adjective === arsmatia (accusative singular) (late Iguvine) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: ritual, official of or pertaining to cattle or the herder ==== Related terms ==== === References === Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎[1] Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎[2], Baltimore: American Philological Association Nicholas Zair (2024), Indo-European Interfaces: Integrating Linguistics, Mythology and Archaeology‎[3], volume 1, Stockholm University Press, →ISBN, page 258