esopnio

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Attestation:	VB·28 (namu/esopnio) (1)
Language:	Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	patronymic
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	i̯o
Morphemic Analysis:	eχs-obn-(i)i̯-o(s)
Phonemic Analysis:	/esobn(i)i̯o/
Meaning:	'the Esobnian'

Commentary

Patronym in -(i)i̯- from a name esobn(ii̯)os with loss of final /s/; cf. the other two. See Lejeune 1971: 54, n. 139, 70, Tibiletti Bruno 1978-9: 260, 262, Eska 1998c: 71, Stifter 2010: 372, Eska 1995: 43, fn. 32, GPN: 397-398. See also Ferrero 1897: 58 f., no. 2, Rhŷs 1913: 51, Pisani 1964: 282, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 153, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 172, Solinas 1995: 375, Morandi 2004: 568.

Bibliography

CIL	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)
Ferrero 1897	Ermanno Ferrero, "Iscrizioni di Chignolo Verbano", Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti per la provincia di Torino 7 (1897), 56–60.