al
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Attestation: | BG·38 (al), CO·30 (al) (2) |
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Language: | perhaps Celtic |
Word Type: | prob. proper noun |
Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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Grammatical Categories: | indeterminable |
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Morphemic Analysis: | unknown |
Phonemic Analysis: | unknown |
Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
Commentary
Attested (more or less unambiguously) in three unconnected inscriptions; quite possibly an abbreviation of a personal name in any or all of them (cf. Morandi 2003: 134, no. 16). The sequence al- appears initially in the personal names alios, alkouinos, alkouesi, and alaukos/alauki (see also the numerous Gaulish names in Delamarre 2007: 16–18); also alieis.
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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