ETRURIA CAPTA. 2L9 



is followed by j)ino or benu, the Etruscan equivalent of nuen, I did. 

 The lineal descendant of bemo, namely banu, has now subjunctive 

 force, if I did. YN is eyoki. But it is hard to- say what is its 

 grammatical value. As " it concerns me" the form in Basque 

 would be dagokit ; as " it concerns him " dagokio. The latter in 

 Etruscan is YNI gokao, as has already appeared. 



Fabretti 936. A • TITIVS • A • F • SCAE ■ CALIS 

 A • TITI ■ A ■ FANIAL 

 ra kuukim ra agerkaurasa 

 ara Koikoi ara ezkerka au eritza 

 behold Koikoi, behold Agerka this esteems 



Titius is the name of a Roman gens, but it is hard to say what its 

 meaning is. If borrowed from the Carthaginians, it and Titus 

 would, like Dido, mean " beloved ;" and as such, Titius would fitly 

 translate Koikoi, a superlative of repetition, "the greatly desired." 

 The name Agerka represents the Latin ScaeCalis, which itself needs 

 translation. The present Basque word for left is ezker, suj^posed to 

 come from esku-oker, eskii being hand, and oker oblique, tortuous, 

 awry. Agerka, however, is neither ezker nor oker. It is probable 

 that the present ezker has been conformed to the Spanish esquerro. 

 Still, the Lesghian forms kisil and kuzcd, indicate that the original 

 Basque word resembled the Spanish. It is unfortunate that no text 

 contains the P]truscan word for hand, which I hardly expect to find 

 as esku, the Basque term. The Lesghian kua, kak, ker, kuer, kulg, 

 Circassian oyg, Mizjejian kuki, kuik, and Georgian ke, che, cheli, 

 favour [u or ker. The Basque ahur, hollow of the hand, accords 

 with ker, kuer, &c. It cannot at present, therefore, be decided that 

 Agerka is, or is not, the Etruscan for "left-handed." Such a name 

 is not u.ncommon among the Khitan. The Abb^ Cuoq, Ijexique 

 de la langue iroquoise, p. 42, cites " Skanekwati, nom de femme, la 

 gauchere, Shanekwati, nom d'homme, le gaucher."^^° 



1 10 Among the bilinguals may almost be reckoned a Latin and an Etruscan inscription on 

 distinct ossuaria, which however were found in close proximity. 



Fabretti 714. L • SCAEVIVS • L • F • ARN AEVNVS 



LO • SCEFA • MAYNAL 



asma nochineager norakukarasa 



The construction is somewhat peculiar, yet I think the (Kjer of nochinaager corresponds to 



the ager of agerka au eritza in 936, especially as the Scaevius of the twin ossuarium answers to 



the Scae of the other inscription. The peculiar construction of 714 is due to the attempt of 



the engraver to present an apparent accord between the Latin and the Etruscan. He has 



