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See the inscription page on the reading.
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Attested in Latin script, the form is best classified as a Latin genitive (cf. {{w||sabi}}, {{w||pusionis}}, {{w||)antionis}}, {{w||onesi}}). The base may be etymologically Celtic, if simple sigma stands for geminated /{{p||ss}}/ and it can be connected with the names in ''cess''-/''cest''- listed in {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 2016 et passim, which are tentatively compared with OIr. ''ces'' 'spear' < *''k̑es-tā'' (cf. {{bib|Irslinger 2002}}: 336 f.) by {{bib|Meid 2005}}: 80 f. {{tr|lat|cessius}} is attested once in Numidia (s. {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 64).
Attested in Latin script, the form is best classified as a Latin genitive (cf. {{w||sabi}}, {{w||pusionis}}, {{w||)antionis}}, {{w||onesi}}). The base may be etymologically Celtic, if simple sigma stands for geminated /{{p||ss}}/ and it can be connected with the names in ''cess''-/''cest''- listed in {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 2016 et passim, which are tentatively compared with OIr. ''ces'' 'spear' < *''k̑es-tā'' (cf. {{bib|Irslinger 2002}}: 336 f.) by {{bib|Meid 2005}}: 80 f. {{tr|lat|cessius}} is attested once in Numidia (s. {{bib|Delamarre 2007}}: 64). See also {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 558.
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Latest revision as of 15:27, 23 August 2024

Attestation: VB·12 (cesii) (1)
Status: probable
Language: perhaps Celtic
adapted to: Latin
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

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

Morphemic Analysis: kes-ī (?)
Phonemic Analysis: /kes(s)ī/ (?)
Meaning: 'of Kesios' (?)

Commentary

See the inscription page on the reading.

Attested in Latin script, the form is best classified as a Latin genitive (cf. sabi, pusionis, )antionis, onesi). The base may be etymologically Celtic, if simple sigma stands for geminated /ss/ and it can be connected with the names in cess-/cest- listed in Delamarre 2007: 2016 et passim, which are tentatively compared with OIr. ces 'spear' < *k̑es-tā (cf. Irslinger 2002: 336 f.) by Meid 2005: 80 f. cessius is attested once in Numidia (s. Delamarre 2007: 64). See also Morandi 2004: 558.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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