GRAMMARAOFUMBRIANANDOSCANOF INSCRIPTIONSA COLLECTIONWITHAND A GLOSSARYBYPH.D.DARLINGCARL BUCK,COMPARATIVEAND INDO-EUROPEANOF SANSKRITPROFESSOROF CHICAGOIN THE UNIVERSITYPHILOLOGYU.S.A.BOSTON,& PUBLISHERSGINN COMPANY,Cbe &t&en*tim19041904COPYRIGHT,BY CABL DARLING BUCKALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPREFACEis an to furnish in a vol-THE work singlefollowing attemptwhat is most essential for the ofume of moderate compass studyIn of the of thethe and Umbrian dialects.Oscan spite meagrenesslike and andas with Greek Latin,languagesmaterial, comparedare stillin of the of detail which unsolved,spite many questionsunderstood. Andmain features of these two dialects are wellthewithrelation to Latin that some themsuch is their acquaintancenot to the but to the studentis alone,important, Indo-Europeanistin a less to the student of theof the Latin and, degree,language,of In order that a ofandhistory antiquities Italy. knowledgemore it is not that wethe dialects should become general, enoughas Italic withhave now such excellent works Conway's Dialects,its full of the and von Planta'sexisting material,presentationexhaustive Grammatik der Oskisch-Umbrischen Dialekte. Thefullness of v. Planta's the conscientious oftreatment, weighingand the liberal citation of all add to itsauthorities,possibilities,work of but the bulk of 1372value as a reference, resulting pagesone who can devote amount ofis to deter a moderatelikely onlythere is hastime to the That need of a ...
GRAMMARA
OF
UMBRIANANDOSCAN
OF INSCRIPTIONSA COLLECTIONWITH
AND A GLOSSARY
BY
PH.D.DARLINGCARL BUCK,
COMPARATIVEAND INDO-EUROPEANOF SANSKRITPROFESSOR
OF CHICAGOIN THE UNIVERSITYPHILOLOGY
U.S.A.BOSTON,
& PUBLISHERSGINN COMPANY,
Cbe &t&en*tim
19041904COPYRIGHT,
BY CABL DARLING BUCK
ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPREFACE
is an to furnish in a vol-THE work singlefollowing attempt
what is most essential for the ofume of moderate compass study
In of the of thethe and Umbrian dialects.Oscan spite meagreness
like and andas with Greek Latin,languagesmaterial, compared
are stillin of the of detail which unsolved,spite many questions
understood. Andmain features of these two dialects are wellthe
withrelation to Latin that some themsuch is their acquaintance
not to the but to the studentis alone,important, Indo-Europeanist
in a less to the student of theof the Latin and, degree,language,
of In order that a ofandhistory antiquities Italy. knowledge
more it is not that wethe dialects should become general, enough
as Italic withhave now such excellent works Conway's Dialects,
its full of the and von Planta'sexisting material,presentation
exhaustive Grammatik der Oskisch-Umbrischen Dialekte. The
fullness of v. Planta's the conscientious oftreatment, weighing
and the liberal citation of all add to itsauthorities,possibilities,
work of but the bulk of 1372value as a reference, resulting pages
one who can devote amount ofis to deter a moderatelikely only
there is hastime to the That need of a briefersubject. grammar
been the author's which has beenlong conviction, only strengthened
1
and from others in this and abroad.by inquiries suggestions country
In order to secure the desired it has been tobrevity, necessary
eliminate almost detailed discussion ofwholly any disputed points,
as well as references for the views orspecial adopted rejected.
one for whom the below is notAny general bibliography given
sufficient be referred to v. Planta. in a few herecases,may Only
1 So in a review of the author'sOscan-Umbrian BerlinerSkutsch, Verb-System,
1895: "Der Verf. kame einem BediirfnissPhilologische Wochenschrift, November,
wenn er eine Grammatik des O.-U. im Massstab seines Verb-entgegen, vollstandige
schriebe . Dennnebendem treffl aber Werke v. PlantasSystems ichen, weitschichtigen
ist einkurzes Handbuch zur erwiinscht."Einfiihrung
iiiiv Preface
and I have added references in to discus-there, footnotes, mostly
sions more recent than v. Planta. I have statedGenerally simply
the view which seemed to me on the whole the most orprobable,
contented with a non It iselse myself liquet. scarcely necessary
state that in matters of I have noto had fordispute predilection
own withbut have freedommy previously expressed views, equal
inthem favor of others or retained themrejected against others,
toaccording my present judgment.
That the treatment is historical and notcomparative, merely
is a matter of course. But the is ondescriptive, emphasis Italic,
ratherthan on relations. In the case ofwords whichIndo-European,
are to the found in adialects and not wideLatin,peculiar fairly
of is in Butas sections 16.range cognates cited, 15, ordinarily
andwithin the Italic is deemed forms fromcomparison sufficient,
other are introduced forIndo-European languages only special
reasons.
The is called a Grammar of Oscan andgrammar Umbrian,
not of the Oscan-Umbrian for it does not to treatdialects, pretend
the minor dialects included under the name Oscan-systematically
Umbrian. Most of the of these dialects far ascharacteristics (so
in theare are mentioned Introduc-they incidentally, mainlyclear)
intion. But to discuss or even mention all the questions arising
the to from material of a fewattempt generalize consisting only
would an amount of not the results.lines, justifiedrequire space by
Unless the material from these minor dialects is increased,notably
our of the Oscan-Umbrian will be almost coinci-knowledge group
dent with what we know of its two dialects. And inprincipal
this sense a of Oscan and Umbrian is alsoapproximate grammar
a of Oscan-Umbrian.grammar
since theAs the book has been for thepractically ready press
in sinceof the and thebeginning year, Phonology type February,
been taken account of.almost in the literature of 1903 hasnothing
which has con-But in what has there is little entirelyappeared
discussionvinced me. mention be made of Brugmann'sSpecial may
' Iof the an- and anter inter' 70 havenegative 15, ff.).prefix (I.E.
wished there were some of these withmyself equating directlywayvPreface
instead of in 98 with whichthe assumingLatin, by-forms (as c),
=out ofthe inthe case of Anafriss if L. Imbribusindeed seems question
"But that initial e before nasal98, b). Brugmann's assumption(see
had a in theconsonant Oscan-Umbrian+ very open pronunciation
become identical in thisand had withperhaps positionperiod
Italic a" fails to convince in view of 0. andme, embratur, Entrai,
U. iseceles 'insectis.' Nor do I see the ofespecially necessity
'
t0. ant from L. ante because of its as far asseparating meaning
299,(see 2).
For assistance I am indebted to Professors J. C. Rolfe and
Minton who offered to read andWarren, kindly proof, especially
to Mr. W. C. Gunnerson and Mr. E. B. whoNelson,my pupils,
have over the with no small amountgone proof great care, devoting
of time to the verification of and con-references, citations, etc.,
in The remarkableto the of the text.tributing every way accuracy
keenness and in the of theof the officeintelligence proof-reader
has also saved the work from blemishes.publishers many
D. B.C.
1903.DECEMBEB,