vulgar Latin ?

From: alex_lycos
Message: 21339
Date: 2003-04-28

I found some writings which means in the lingua prisca was a kind of
post posed article like in Rom. "-ul". Since here are more experts in
Latin I should like to give some texts here and to let them see what
about.

Quintillian means the " our way to speak do not need any article" .How
ever we find a lot of traces which shows the ending "-lus, -la, -lum"
for sg. and "-li -lae (le), la" for plural.
in Italia:
Forculus 8 an old diety of Rome), Aremulus ( a king of Alba), Romulus,
Proculus, Faustulus, Ceculus, Venulus ( the etrusk form should be
"Venu"), Tremulus, Catulus ( an another form for Catus), Ceculus,
lentulus ( for Lentus), Romanalus, Brutulus, Paculus ( the samnitic form
is Paakul).
In Sicilia: Ursulus, Ursolus,Ursus

Some denominations for cities, castles and mountains:
Asculum, Batulum, Brundulus, Corniculum, Caculum, Cingulum, Herticulum,
Ianiculus, Ianiculum, Capitulum , Larolum, Nerulum, Oericulum, Tusculum,
Trossulum, Vesulus ( in Aqulia) an another Vesulus in Alps, at the
spring of the river Pad.

plinius remembers about some tribes which have dissapeared from Latium
some centuries before his time:
Aesulani, longulani, Olliculani, Octuloni, Querquentulani, Venetulani
In etrusc inscriptions ( Theil Gr. Dict de la lang. latine par Freund I
p. XI, Orell, nr. 1384):
Cemul Mlescul, Srancxl, Tunchul ( inscrip. from Perusia , reproduced by
Ottfr. Müller, Etrusk., p. 61), Jupetrule pure interpreted as a vocative
of "jupiter pure"


Some Latin words:
cuculus, ninculus, unulus ( one), foculus ( in the carminae of Arval
brothers)

Catto the Older born 234 BC which worked together with his sclavs and
peasants on the copuntry, uses in its work " Economia rurala" such
words:

asserculus, corbula, craticula, clavulus, coculum, convolvulus,
coliculus, foculus, funiculus, foeniculum, felicula, falcula,
incerniculum, modiolus, orcula, porculus, ramulus, rutabulum, sarculum,
situlus, sirpicula, sucula, scopula, surculus, scutula, etc.

The Latin gramatics considered these forms as dminutives which is pretty
strange for a raw life of the peasants.

For the attestation of the "lu" until in the XI century in Italia here
should seen some texts publiced by the italian shcolar Marini.

An. 906 p. 262-263 :
"Volo liberum esse Petrulum, Amola ... et habeat baccam unam praegnantem
cum betellu anniclu. Volo liberum esse Lupolo porcaru."

An. 945 p. 232-233:
Et fundu casa lupuli ... Perherdes Sclauculu.. De sex uncie fundi Cecci
per Bassulu... Per hd Vibulo... Per Romanulo... Per heredes Clauculo...
Per hd. Cauculo... et fundum Caniclu de fund. q. voc. Facile... fundi
casa majuli de... fund. Gimelle ... Per BAstulu parvulus... Per Surulu
miles... Per Sindulus miles... Per Prandulo... Per Graciculu mil. ...
Per Calbulus

An. 1018, p. 66:
de monte qui vocatur Zunul ... in campo qui vocatur Merul

An. 978 p. 229:
fundum Quintiliolum, , et Pertesulo... fundum Ianule... fundum
gimelle... fundum Cufulo,... terra posita in Griptule... fundum qui
vocatur Zetulo... a quarta latere rivo puzzulo... fundum Circulo, fundum
Circulanum fundum Finistelle... Fundum Casalupuli.. teritorio Afile.

An. 1025, p. 79
fundus qui vocatur Mons Grunduli...vallis de Grutul... juxta ipsam viam
Castangetul... Casa... Savinuli, qui et Sanbuculus vocatur.

An. 1027 p. 74:
fundum qui appellatur Mons Grundul... fundus Criptul et Bibariol.


I guess it should be enough . I must mention I could not verify in
another source these documents published by Marini and until a second
verification it should be seen very precautious.

It is worth to say that even theil mentions that the French word
"soleil" ( provensal solelh) can be explained just from a ancient form
with "l" at the end "*solele" which is the same as the rom. word
"soarele".

regards ,

Alex