The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-14

rian Inscriptions and they appear in later Latin the
changes which occurred in of the letters according
to Grmns law evidently such into O. etc., and in the
oldest specimens of the Latin such the specimen of the
laws of Numa in Fesus and the hymn of the Frares Arva
s-discovered flag stone when repairing ST. Peters in
1777whch referred far back the age of Romulus
the old Celtic examinations in ad and a. the used
for and Thus, in the Etrurian Vertumnees the
god of orchards have the Celtic fear e the of the
trees or orchards.
Explanations of proper and names,
much wagner than those have adduced, will
gain the support of probability by analogcal refer
where doubt whatever exists; and by
sidering the which determine ordinary
claue In Max Mulle lectures this science there
and various examples of this Sort and regards
Language generally he how time and the desire
of vocalizaton has ttered away many words until
nothing remains of ineligible phrase title but
indicative fragment Indeed the origin of colloqual words
in all tongues offers much greater difficulties than local
In the examples have given for the root sought for
its Interpretation, always divestng such words of their Latin
erminaon at the time applying Grimns respect
ing the mutations of letters such the Celtic into the
Latin which most frequent into into and
sometimes into b.
To return to the local in Etrura and Cisalpne
Gau The town of Arretum rendered famous from the
cereal harvess of the district in which STOOD learn
thus may gather:
The harvests of Arreum
This year old men shall reap, etc.
The word originally Aretha e. the district of ea
corn husbandry' Another Eruran town, Fosula in
ancient times noted for its augus whose duty know
and Etruran pictures indicate closely connected with
mortuary ceremonies. Considering this the derivation Of
the word Fesua from is % the place of buried easts"
is significant The town, Clusium, specially affected the
worship of Janus whose the same, and who
thus called in the songs sung during the periods of
peace and rejoicing when the gates of his temple
closed 1t may, however, be derived from cluas "joy
Mantua VgiPs birth place. is easily resolved into man-tac
the SOLITARY insulated tribe" and whose location
island in the river Mnco ciocdr the "smooth
road" AS this brings to the subject of rivers may
suggu that the Po Padus but fragment of its original
title Padhad thirst" and with "quencher' under
Stood may have arrived at something of its primitive
title One of its tributaries the Tcinus-gi flowing
into The Addua, from ocua the district of cattle; the
sluggish Tmavus from tim, slow, afar river the Tanarus
from ar territory of husbandry; the Atheists from ao
the river of the green plain Among the tribes of Northern
Italy, whose characteristics we'll known have the Boil
bo catle the Lingones from lin o excellent flax linen
the Senones from on noble fierce The city
of Verona founded by Brennus king the Gauls and birth
place of the poet Ctuu and several other ancient Latin
writer's has somewhat similar derivation it the
of the fear on the noble courageous men it is known
have been originated by Celtic tribe Vercell@, similar
settlement indicates of the characteristics of its nhabit
ants the alkatveness and vehemence of the old Ces
fear Gill; the of strong resoute speech The Insubres
who attacked by Hannibal and whose location
the Italian side of the Alps the decives where the vine
cultivated to have hada local name-in SUD- among
the grapes Indeed many of the words compromising names
of places cities and peoples every day in the mouths of
the disappearing populations of this island Thus the
IL. NT1l.o
which had historic celebrity from its olive woods is
formed of neid o abundant olives oil Cremona too in
its radical meaning carries the mind back the earliest days
of pastoral the lonely sheep fold Mon is
frequent particle in the of places in ancient Italy
and Britain thus Mona, the isle of Angesy. Parma was
noted in early times for its mars of skins and tanneries
par ma clean or excellent hides skins By the way