sunt5… Haec enim denominatiua sunt dicenda, cum significationem suarum non seruant6, etsi sint propria.
Habent igitur denominatiua formas plurimas et diuersas significationes. Quae quia latae sunt et confusae[1], generali eas nominatione artium scriptores noncupauerunt denominatiua7.
…a fruge ‘frugi8,’ a nihilo ‘nihili9’…‘ceruix10 ceruical,’ ‘tribunus tribunal11’…‘pugillus pugil12’…‘nequis13 nequam14’; ‘um’: ‘oliua oliuetum15,’ ‘rosa rosetum16,’ ‘tendo tentorium17,’ ‘sto stabulum18’…‘lacus lacunar19,’ ‘calx20 calcar21,’ ‘caedo Caeṡsar22’ .. ‘eques23 equester,’ ‘macies macer24’…‘senatus senator25’…‘primus primas26,’ ‘optimus optimas27’…
P. 50b
‘pes pedes1,’ ‘equus eques2,’ ‘tego teges3’…‘saepio saepes4,’ ‘struo strues5,’ ‘sterno strages6’…‘lepus lepos7’…‘uito8 uitabundus9’…‘audeo audax10’ .. ‘Picenum11 Picens12,’ ‘Tiburtum13 Tiburs.’
Ergo in a desinentia denominatiua i habent breuem ante a uel l uel n uel r14, ut .. ‘acrimonia15’…‘armatura16.’
Secundae igitur declinationis nomina in ‘us’ desinentia c ante-
5: .i. is nomen cenelach docachae denominatiuum 6: .i. huare nád forcmat inninni saindilis innaṅdelb 7: .i. innahí nad tutet isnagnúsi remeperthai 8: huandí as frux ꝉ fruges 9: huandí asnihilum. 10: bráge 11: sochuide ꝉ trebunṡuide ꝉ rigṡuide 12: cuanene[2] 13: n‑ínech 14: écmacht arindí nád cumaiṅg maith dodenom · 15: olachaill 16: roschaill 17: pupall 18: tairissem 19: druimmchlae .i. donaib clúasaib[3] bíte isindruimmchlae indainmmnigudsin 20: sal ꝉ lue 21: cinteir 22: esartaid 23: marcach 24: cóil 25: senátoir 26: airech ꝉ thóisechaire 27: aire ꝉ sainṡamail
P. 50b
1: traigthech 2: óinechaid 3: dítiu 4: félmae 5: sreth 6: ár 7: sulbaire 8: immimgabaim 9: teichthech .i. similis uitanti 10: létenach 11: bíde 12: bíde[4] 13: ciuitas .i. masued 14: .i. habent · l · ante · a · similiter · n · ⁊ · r ante a beos 15: lainne 16: armthatu
5. i.e. ‘denominative’ is a generic name for each of them. 6. i.e. since they do not preserve the special meaning of the forms. 7. i.e. those that do not fall into the species aforesaid. 8. from frux or fruges. 9. from nihilum. 11. a multitude or a tribunal or a throne. 13. not someone. 14. impotent, because he cannot do good. 18. stability. 19. ceiling, i.e. from the ears (leg. hollows?) which are in the ceiling (is) this denomination. 20. heel or kick. 22. destroyer. 26. prince or leader. 27. principal or conspicuous.
P. 50b
7. fugitive. 11,12. pitchy. 13. if it is so[5].
- ↑ leg. late sunt confusae
- ↑ derived from *cuan = Lat. pugnus, with compensatory lengthening, and the regular change (in early loanwords) of p to c
- ↑ leg. cúassaib? As to druimmchlae, it may be connected in meaning with druimmchlí (gl. laquear) Sg. 54a 19, 64a 6: cf. ic dlúthad a drumchla ‘caulking its deck,’ LL. 219a 2, et v. Togail Trói, p. 154
- ↑ Picenum and Picens are treated as derivatives from pix
- ↑ cf. above p. 71 note b