1890.] 47 [Brinton. 



by the later Latins (praenomen, cognomen, agnomen). The same 

 form frequently appears in different cases as family name and sur- 

 name. A comparison of such personal names with those found on 

 the sepulchral monuments of the ancient Libyans may lead to some 

 definite results. 



Avile is said by Deecke to be one of the most ancient and 

 genuine of Etruscan personal names. It appears both as surname 

 and family name on a number of the oldest inscriptions (see his 

 remarks in Miiller, Die Etrusker, Bd. i, s. 443). It is also found 

 in the ancient Numidian character as Avvil (Inscrip. 215), and in 

 the Numido-Latin inscriptions as Avilius and Avilia (Halevy, Essai, 

 p. 142). These are precisely the Latin forms derived from the 

 Etr. avile. 



Aules, Aulesa, Aulesla, a very common, pure Etr. praenomen 

 (Muller, Etrusker, Bd. i, s. 444). It is exceeding close to that of 

 the Libyan goddess Aultsva, which figures in a Latin inscription 

 found near Constantine (Halevy, Essai, p. 156). 



Betuus, Betua ; a Latinized form of Etr. fetiu,fediu ; perhaps 

 also petvia (Muller, Etrusker, Bd. i, s. 477, 486). Probably allied 

 to the Libyan battus, bahatus, chief, ruler (Halevy, Essai, 

 p. 164). 



Cczcina, the family name of the celebrated Etruscan gens of 

 Volterra. The Etr. orthography is catena or ceicna, in which the 

 na is a usual termination, leaving the root caic 1 or caeci. This is 

 similar to the names kaka, ghaka, of the Libyan inscriptions 

 Nos. 206, 246. 



Fastia, or Hastia, a pure Etruscan name, very frequent at times 

 in the abbreviation fas, or as hasOi. A very common Libyan name 

 is bas =fas, fazth (Inscrips. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, etc.). A similar initial 

 syllable is found in Corippus, as has been pointed out by Halevy 

 {Essai, p. 24, note). 



Lucumo, Lucmo, often appears in the Roman historians as the 

 Etruscan name of individuals, but probably means "prince." Its 

 usual Etr. form is lau%umes* This is almost identical with the 

 name of the son of Oesalus, king of Numidia, Lacumaces.^ 

 The radical reappears in the Etr. prsenomen la%u, which is identical 

 with the Libyan praenomen la%o in Inscrip. 185 (Halevy, Essai, p. 



* Miiller, Die Etrusker, Bd. i, ss. 337, 496. 

 t Livii Histories, Lib. xxix, c. 29. 



