atepa

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Attestation: VA·2 (atep̣ạ/to) (1)
Language: Celtic
Word Type: proper noun
Semantic Field: personal name

Grammatical Categories: nom. sg. fem.
Stem Class: ā

Morphemic Analysis: ad-tep-ā or ate-ep-ā
Phonemic Analysis: /atepā/
Meaning: 'Atepa'

Commentary

ā-stem personal name, also attested in Transalpine Gaulish (Delamarre 2007: 29, and cf. atepo (dat.) on a Roman stela from Casalzuigno, Varese (Sartori 2009: 218, VA18.02). Etymology uncertain; see atepu and ateporix for details, and cf. also the possible abbreviation atep. Specifically on atepa: Tibiletti Bruno 1977b: 125 f., Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 143, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 177, no. 22, Motta 2000: 210, Stüber 2005: 105.

On atepa/atepu ~ atekua see Lejeune 1971: 68 f., Motta 2000: 210.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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