χoθioi

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Attestation:	NO·29 (χọθiọṣ) (1)
Status:	uncertain
Language:	Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	personal name
Grammatical Categories:	unclear indeterminable masc.
Stem Class:	o
Morphemic Analysis:	kott-i̯-ōi̯ or kott-i̯-oi̯[so] (?)
Phonemic Analysis:	/kotti̯ōi̯/ or /kotti̯oi̯[so]/ (?)
Meaning:	'of Χoθios' or 'to Χoθios' (?)

Commentary

Reading of the final letter uncertain; see the inscription page. If the letter in question is iota, the ending could be gen. sg. -oi̯so (if incomplete), or, theoretically, an archaic dat. sg. -ōi̯ (cf. other forms in -oi: rikoi, kasiloi, riśoi). The identification of the base is difficult due to the uncertain value of theta and chi (see North Italic Script). Gambari 2011: 19 plausibly suggests kott-.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Gambari 2011	Filippo Maria Gambari, "Le pietre dei signori del fiume: il cippo iscritto e le stele del primo periodo della cultura di Golasecca", in: Filippo Maria Gambari, Raffaella Cerri (eds), L'alba della città. Le prime necropoli del centro protourbano di Castelletto Ticino, Novara: 2011, 19–32.