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{{word
|type_word=proper noun
|stem_class=o
|number=sg.
|case=gen.
|gender=masc.
|language=Latin
|linguistic_ascription=prob.
|analysis_morphemic={{m|sab-}}{{m|-ī (Lat.)|ī}}
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|s}}{{p|a}}{{p|b}}{{p|ī}}/
|meaning='of Sabos' (?)
|field_semantic=personal name
|checklevel=0
}}
==Commentary==
''sabi'', attested in Latin script, may be an abbreviation, but is probably a genitive (cf. {{w||cesii}}, {{w||pusionis}}, {{w||)antionis}}, {{w||onesi}}). The grammar may be Latin, and the base is not likely to be Celtic either. {{bib|Kretschmer 1905}}: 125 notes the many names in ''sab''- attested in the Ligurian area – cf. the topo- and hydronyms listed in {{bib|AcS}} II: 1267–1272; while some of Holder's forms in ''sab''- may be Celtic (e.g. {{bib|CIL}} XIII 2761 {{tr|lat|sabius}}), the overall picture speaks against it (cf. {{bib|Meid 2005}}: 281). If the form is an abbrevation, Latin ''sabinus'' (attested in Castellamonte, s. {{bib|Untermann 1960}}; 294) can be compared. A connection with {{w||sapsutai}}, suggested by {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978}}: 146, is improbable due to /{{p||s}}/ in the latter form.
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