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its derivation as well as of that of Yensius I am ignorant. Should 

 Yensius derive from the Greek phoinisso, or from the Latin vena, 

 the words may coincide as the two significations o.' " leech " in 

 English. The native of Rusellae may have been a primitive 

 physician or phlebotomist. 



Fabretti 792. C • ALFIVS • A ■ F 

 CAINNIA NATVS 

 FL ■ ALSm ■ NVFI 

 CAINAL 



egi so rasalami kabe egiu 



zerua karasa 



egi so Rusellae imi Kofa egio Look Rusellae places Kabegio 



Zerua sortze Zerua natum 



This is another native of Rusellae. The final III or imi is very 

 unusual. Kabegio is plainly meant for Alfius, and Zerua for 

 Cainnia. Now Zerua is a form of zeru, the sky, so that Cainnia 

 must stand for Oyanea. Also Alfius, if it mean anything, is Alveus, 

 and to this kofa, hollow, corresponds. Yan Eys derives kofa, koha, 

 kavi, gabia, &c., from the Spanish and Provencal, but the Japanese 

 kuhoi, concave, hollowed, and kubomi, a concavity, a hollow place, 

 restore them to their rank as native words. The Choctaw also has 

 kajakbi a dent, hollow, and kafakbichih, to make hollow. Such a 

 form as the latter must Kabegio be, the latter part of the word 

 being the verb egin, to make. 



Fabretti 93i. SPEUII • TVLLIO 



LAVYNAYA SEPYVPVS 



sarapi kuka rakura nonetukupitupino 



Zarrapo egoki irakurri iion Idoki pitu banu 



Zarrabe belongs the reading ; where Doku lower I did 



Spedius is not a Latin word, and must I'epresent the G-reek 

 spaddn, a tear, or a rougli sharp sound, which is not indeed the 

 meaning of zarrapo, but of the related zarrasta, " bruit que fait la 

 toile quand on la ddchire." The other name, Tullius, translates 

 Idoki, which means " to take away," by tollo rather than by tuli. 

 The verb pitu or betu is unknown to modern Basque. The com- 

 monest use of Y, be is -as the postposition " under " It may be that 

 betu is an old form answering to beheititu, beheratu, to lower. ^™* It 



H)9a It is more likely that pitu, betu is the original of the Basque epatu, to fix, set a limit or 

 mark. See Tomb of Sarapikuka, line 1. 



