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. The name is unlikely to be equivalent to atekua/atecua.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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