ziχu

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Attestation:	VA·4.2 (viχu) (1)
Status:	uncertain
Language:	Etruscan
Word Type:	noun
Grammatical Categories:
Morphemic Analysis:	—
Phonemic Analysis:	—
Meaning:	'scribe'

Commentary

Reading uncertain, see the inscription page.

Etruscan noun (also spelled zicu) derived with the agentive suffix -u from ziχ 'writing, document', and in turn forming the base for a derived verb ziχu- 'write'. Attested primarily onomastically, e.g. ET² Cl 1.318 vl. ziχu, Cl 1.320 Q. SCRIBONIUS [...] vl. zicu (Steinbauer 1999: 501).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

ET²	Gerhard Meiser, Etruskische Texte. Editio minor, 2nd, revised edition, Hamburg: Baar 2014.