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|analysis_morphemic={{m|sab-}}{{m|-ī|ī}}
|analysis_morphemic={{m|sab-}}{{m|-ī (Lat.)|ī}}
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|s}}{{p|a}}{{p|b}}{{p|ī}}/
|analysis_phonemic=/{{p|s}}{{p|a}}{{p|b}}{{p|ī}}/
|meaning='of Sabos' (?)
|meaning='of Sabos' (?)

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Attestation: VB·11 (sabi) (1)
Language: prob. Latin
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: gen. sg. masc.
Stem Class: o

Morphemic Analysis: sab-ī
Phonemic Analysis: /sabī/
Meaning: 'of Sabos' (?)

Commentary

sabi, attested in Latin script, may be an abbreviation, but is probably a genitive (cf. cesii, pusionis, )antionis, onesi). The grammar may be Latin, and the base is not likely to be Celtic either. Kretschmer 1905: 125 notes the many names in sab- attested in the Ligurian area – cf. the topo- and hydronyms listed in AcS II: 1267–1272; while some of Holder's forms in sab- may be Celtic (e.g. CIL XIII 2761 sabius), the overall picture speaks against it (cf. Meid 2005: 281). If the form is an abbrevation, Latin sabinus (attested in Castellamonte, s. Untermann 1960; 294) can be compared. A connection with sapsutai, suggested by Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 146, is improbable due to /s/ in the latter form.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

AcS Alfred Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz, Leipzig: Teubner 1896–1907.
CIL Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)