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influence of the Latin alphabet. Its most characteristic signs are— 51 51 a, z, t t, 51 r, f tFaliscan dialect, viz.: i. The retention of medial f which in Latin became b; 2. The See also:

REPRESENTATION

representation of an initial Ind.-Eur. gh by f (foied, contrast Latin hodie); 3. The palatalization of d+ consonant i into some See also:

sound denoted merely by i– the central sound of foied, from fo-died; 4. The loss of final s, at all events before certain following sounds (era beside Latin eras); Other characteristics, appearing elsewhere, are: 5. The retention of the velars (Fah cuando = Latin quando ; contrast Umbrian See also:

pan(n,u) ; 6. The assimilation of some final consonants to the initial See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of the next word: " pretod de zenatuo sententiad (See also:

Conway, See also:

lib. nit. 321), i.e. " See also:

PRAETOR (Lat. prae-itor, " he who goes before," "a leader")

praetor de senatus sententia (zenatuo for senatuos., an archaic genitive). For further details see Conway, ib. pp. 370 if., especially pp.

384-385, where the relation of the names Falisci, Falerii to the See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

hero Halaesus (e.g. Ovid, Fasti, iv. 73) is discussed, and where See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason is given for thinking that the See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of initial f (from an See also:

ORIGINAL

original bh or dh) into an initial h was a genuine See also:

mark of Faliscan dialect. It seems probable that the dialect lasted on, though being gradually permeated with Latin, till at least 150 B.C. In addition to the remains found in the See also:

GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves (see FALER11), which belong mainly to the period of Etruscan domination and give ample See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of material prosperity and refinement, the earlier strata have yielded more See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive remains from the Italic See also:

EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch. A large number of inscriptions consisting mainly of proper names may be regarded as Etruscan rather than Faliscan, and they have been disregarded in the See also:

account of the dialect just given. It should perhaps be mentioned that there was a town Feronia in See also:

SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia, named probably after their native goddess by Faliscan settlers, from some of whom we have a votive inscription found at S. Maria di Falleri(Conway, ib. p. 335)• Further See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information may be sought from W. Deecke, See also:

Die Falls/zee (a useful but somewhat uncritical collection of the evidence accessible 'in 1888); E. Bormann, in C.I.L. xi. pp. 465 if., and Conway, op. cit.

(R. S.

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