Brinton.] o2<i [Oct. 18, 



Eca ; this word begins many inscriptions, and appears to mean 

 " this" or "here," and has been usually so rendered. It 

 would thus correspond with the Kab. agi, which has the 

 same senses. Others think it the substantive verb ; Kab. eg, 

 to be, aorist, iga. 



Ca or ke, rendered by Pauli as the demonstrative " this," is iden- 

 tical in sense and sound with the Kab. demonstrative ^/ (^ 

 hard). 



^Lar ; this term frequently occurs with aruns, and by some the 

 former is supposed to be elder, the latter younger brother ; 

 or that lar, lafs, or aiarO = chief, lord. I suspect both are 

 from the Libyan root ar, to beget, engender, whence Kab. 

 argaz, man, etc. See above under aO. 



Mam ; a priestly title. Comp. Kab. mer, to teach. 



J/z^r-j, grave; properly "his grave." Com. Kab. w/7///, death ; 

 emmout, or emnieth, to die ; medhel, to bury. 



Mutna, a tomb ; probably from the same Libyan root, ;;////, as 

 inur, q. v. 



Tamnos, a horse. This may be a Hellenized form of the word for 

 "mare," Kab. thagmarth, where the th initial and final is 

 the sign of the feminine gender. 



Tur, to make an offering. Comp. Kab. Oarzefth, pi. tirdzaf, an 

 offering. 



Tits, moon, month. Comp. Kab. tizh'i, moon, month. 



Usil, sun, day. The Kabyle term for the midday sun is asa^, and 

 it is noteworthy that the Etruscan day began when the sun 

 was at high noon.* 



The Etruscan Numerals. 



It is confidently believed among Etruscologists that we know the 

 words for the first six numerals in that language. They are found 

 inscribed on a pair of dice exhumed near Toscanella in 1848. A 

 serious difficulty presented itself, however, in ascertaining in what 

 order these words should be read. The majority of ancient dice 

 liave the pips so arranged that the sum of the opposite sides equals 

 seven, thus: 1+6, 2+5, 4+3. A number of North Etruscan dice 

 have been reported where this is not the order, but the following: 

 1-1-2, 3+4, 5+6. Dr. Pauli avers that no other order of the pips 



♦Muller, Die Etrusker, Bd, ii, s. COL 



