)otukios
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Attestation: | BI·3 (]ọṭụḳịos) (1) |
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Status: | uncertain |
Language: | Celtic |
Word Type: | proper noun |
Semantic Field: | prob. patronymic |
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Grammatical Categories: | nom. sg. masc. |
Stem Class: | i̯o |
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Morphemic Analysis: | °ot-uk-ii̯-os |
Phonemic Analysis: | °/ukii̯os/ |
Meaning: | '(son) of °otuk(i)os' (?) |
Commentary
See the inscription page on the uncertain reading.
If correct, the sequence is a patronym in -ii̯os of a name formed with a k-suffix; potential comparanda from Transalpine Gaul include botuca, cotuco and motuc(i)us (see Delamarre 2007: X).
Bibliography
Delamarre 2007 | Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007. |
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