pusionis
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| Attestation: | VB·13 (p:pusionis) (1) |
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| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| adapted to: | Latin |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | gen. sg. masc. |
| Stem Class: | on |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | pus-(i)i̯-onis |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /pus(s)(i)i̯onis/ (?) |
| Meaning: | 'of Pusio' (?) |
Commentary
Grammatically, the form is a Latin genitive. While it could hypothetically be a patronymic genitive, the absence of f. indicates that it is a cognomen (see the inscription page). A base pus(s)- is attested sporadically and predominantly in the Transalpine east – cf. especially pusionis at Bad Kreuznach (AE 1927, 68) – but a Celtic etymology is difficult. Probably rather Italic, cf. pusioni (dat.) in a Latin inscription from Este (Pellegrini & Prosdocimi 1967 Es I).
Bibliography
| AE | Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–. |
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