aterio
| Attestation: | BG·41.1 (ateriolaniakios) (1) |
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| Language: | Celtic |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
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| Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. masc. |
| Stem Class: | o, on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | ater-i̯-o(s) or ater-i̯-ū |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /aterii̯o/ or /aterii̯ō/ |
| Meaning: | 'Aterio' |
Commentary
Masculine individual name in the nominative. The stem class should a priori be assumed to be o aterii̯os with loss of final -s (see The Cisalpine Celtic Languages) as attested in Latinised form in CIL III 12914 aterius (Raetia). The accompanying patronym laniakios, however, has final -s intact. Unless the loss of -s in the personal name is due to its position within the phrase, we can consider an on-stem aterii̯ū with either (very badly supported) -ū > -ō or a Latinised ending -ō (though in the latter case, again, a Latinised patronym laniakius might be expected.
The base is most straightforwardly analysed as ater- 'father'. An alternative segmentation into preverb ate- + rii̯- 'free' ('free again') (cf. ateratos) is questionable, since ate- is combined with verbs and participles, not primary adjectives.
Bibliography
| CIL | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements) |
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