cesii
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| Attestation: | VB·12 (cesii) (1) |
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| Status: | probable |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| adapted to: | Latin |
| Word Type: | proper noun |
| Semantic Field: | personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | gen. sg. masc. |
| Stem Class: | o |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | kes-ī (?) |
| Phonemic Analysis: | /kes(s)ī/ (?) |
| Meaning: | 'of Kesios' (?) |
Commentary
See the inscription page on the reading.
Attested in Latin script, the form is best classified as a Latin genitive (cf. sabi, pusionis, )antionis, onesi). The base may be etymologically Celtic, if simple sigma stands for geminated /ss/ and it can be connected with the names in cess-/cest- listed in Delamarre 2007: 2016 et passim, which are tentatively compared with OIr. ces 'spear' < *k̑es-tā (cf. Irslinger 2002: 336 f.) by Meid 2005: 80 f. cessius is attested once in Numidia (s. Delamarre 2007: 64). See also Morandi 2004: 558.
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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