polios

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Attestation:	VA·13 (polios) (1)
Language:	perhaps Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	personal name
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	i̯o
Morphemic Analysis:	pol-i̯-os
Phonemic Analysis:	/poli̯os/ or /bolli̯os/
Meaning:	'Polios'

Commentary

Masculine personal name. (Potentially) Celtic comparanda include on the one hand the potter's name Marichal 12 polos at La Graufesenque, and on the other hand RIG L-20-55 bollo(s), bollus (La Graufesenque), bollucus (Delamarre 2007: 45). Neither name has good Celtic credentials, as their attestation is sparse, no compound names with elements pol- or boll- are attested, and no etymologies suggest themselves. On the uncertain Celticity of polos cf. GPN: 463 with further pol-names of doubtful relevance, Marichal 1988: 268 (spelling variant of Lat. paullus or Gk πωλος 'filly'). An reading as polios is supported by publius polio on a 2^nd c. Roman stela from Sesto Calende (Sartori 2009b: 464 f., SC14.03).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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