calersu

== Umbrian == === Alternative forms === 𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌄𐌛𐌖𐌚 (kaleřuf) === Etymology === Unknown. Possible cognate with Latin calidus. It may be related to Ancient Greek κηλάς (kēlás, “(female goat) with a mark on [her] forehead”). The pilologist Alan Nussbaum proposes that the Latin term may have been borrowed from a South Italian Doric variation, *κᾱλαδ- (*kālad-, “spotted”). Although a Proto-Indo-European root *kel- can be reconstructed, De Vaan rejects this etymology as he regards the shift from *kel- to *kal- as improbable. === Adjective === calersu m (accusative plural) (late Iguvine) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: possessing a white forehead early 2nd century BCE, Iguvine Tablets, table I, side A (photo; facsimile), lines 20–21: === References === De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cā̆lidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83 Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary‎[2]