ETRURIA CAPTA. 183 
mopi nora mopira, literally 2, 4,8; but no doubt meaning “ twice 
four is eight.” With the six dice numbers, this new found 8, and 
the 10 of inscription 28, we have but 7 and 9 to determine. The 
second line reads none sara nonera. Here sara is an abbreviation 
of saragi, 3. The first word none is not a numeral, nor can it be the 
adverb where. It must, therefore, be an old form of noiz, meaning 
when, but the compounds of which give “ times,” as noiz edo noiz, 
one time or another. Thus none sara will mean 3 multiplied into 
itself, and nonera will be 9. Besides pimo in the third line, which 
is an abbreviation of the commoner form of alpimo, the only other 
word that I clearly recognize, is nonechi in the fourth. This 
occurs on a child’s monument, and must furnish the missing 7.° The 
final no of molaneno gives ordinal power, as is proved by inscrip- 
tions which furnish siwno, mirayono, alpimono, &c. In composition 
this long form for 10 is reduced in size and its 7 changed to 7, just 
as 8 reads mopila or mopira. 
Lanzi, Vol. I. AV - FELS - CVS - OVALOAM - ALAAN . YVPCE” 
wae rapi aginza no chipino mopibasamorano arsa baraka kupidochine 
arpi aginza n chipin 12 urte berek Cupid-zena 
take (heed) of the offering of the little one, twelfth year his 
Cupid dead 
Here mopi= 2 and morano for molaneno = 10. Indeed, as no 
is the old ordinal form, mora will be 10 and agree with the present 
amar. The intermediate basa thus furnishes the Etruscan and, 
which in Basque is efa, probably a borrowed word. It survives in 
baita, also. In arpi appears a form of artw, take, which furnishes 
arbeza, let him take. The same root occurs in arrapatu, seize, 
trabaz, gain, erpetu, to claw. Both ayinza and chipi are in the 
genitive. The possessive bere properly appears, taking the place so 
far occupied by the demonstrative. Cupido or Cupid was a com- 
mon boy’s name among the Etruscans, judging by the evidence 
of the monuments. Chine must be zen, he was, or zena, defunct. 
Lanzi, Vol. 1. FELIAM - SANACNAL « OV8 - LOAM - ALAAN -:: ® 
Table xi. No 6; 
with figure of | aginza urano larakarachi karasa mopila samorano arsa baraka 
a boy; es ; ch oe aes, : 
half inscription 28i2za aurren Larrikarachi sortze 18 urte berek 
for comparison. offering of the child Larrikarachi born of 1$th year his 
56 See note 37, page 165. 
57 The second character V is wanting in labretti. If he is right, read ara, behold. 
68 The whole inscription is as follows: 
FELIAM - SANACNAL : OV8 - LOAM 
