moconis

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Attestation:	VB·21 (leucuro/moconis/f) (1)
Language:	Celtic
adapted to:	Latin
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	patronymic
Grammatical Categories:	gen. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	on
Morphemic Analysis:	mokk-onis
Phonemic Analysis:	/mokonis/
Meaning:	'of Moco'

Commentary

Etymologically Celtic on-stem personal name mokū adapted to Latin mokō in the genitive. The Celtic name is derived, with simplified cluster, from mokku- 'pig', which is very well attested in northern Italy and Liguria; cf. especially CIL V 7749 moco (Genova) and the genitive 6644 mocconis (the latter inscription also contains comparanda for ueca). See also Barocelli 1918: 89 f., Tibiletti Bruno 1978c: 26, 1981: 169, Morandi 2004: 563.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Barocelli 1918	Pietro Barocelli, "III. Zoverallo. Necropoli di età romana. Scoperta di un nuova tomba", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità 15 (1918), 88–90.
CIL	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)