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Reading uncertain, see the inscription page.
Reading uncertain, see the inscription page.


If correct, probably an ''ā''-stem personal name. Short names with a first element ''kom''(''m'')- are known in Transalpine Gaul, cf. {{bib|RIG}} M-113 <span class="tr_lat">coma</span>, ''commos'', ''commus'', ''como'', ''comio'', ''com''(''m'')''ios'', ''commius'' ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 70, {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978}}: 143). The etymology of the names is uncertain (see {{bib|GPN}}: 335 f.), possibly hypocoristics from names with the preverb {{m||kom-}}. Cf. {{w||komoneos}}.
If correct, probably an ''ā''-stem personal name. Short names with a first element ''kom''(''m'')- are known in Transalpine Gaul, cf. {{bib|RIG}} M-113 <span class="tr_lat">coma</span>, ''commos'', ''commus'', ''como'', ''comio'', ''com''(''m'')''ios'', ''commius'' ({{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 70, {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978}}: 143). The etymology of the names is uncertain (see {{bib|GPN}}: 335 f.), possibly hypocoristics from names with the preverb {{m||kom-}}. Cf. {{w||komoneos}}. See also {{bib|Salomon 2024}}: 163.
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 29 July 2024

Attestation: TI·2 (koma) (1)
Status: uncertain
Language: Celtic
Word Type: proper noun

Grammatical Categories: nom. sg.
Stem Class: ā

Morphemic Analysis: kom (?)
Phonemic Analysis: /komā/ or /kommā/
Meaning: 'Koma'

Commentary

Reading uncertain, see the inscription page.

If correct, probably an ā-stem personal name. Short names with a first element kom(m)- are known in Transalpine Gaul, cf. RIG M-113 coma, commos, commus, como, comio, com(m)ios, commius (Delamarre 2007: 70, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 143). The etymology of the names is uncertain (see GPN: 335 f.), possibly hypocoristics from names with the preverb kom-. Cf. komoneos. See also Salomon 2024: 163.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Delamarre 2007 Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007.