kasilus

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Attestation:	VR·31 (kasilus) (1)
Status:	probable
Language:	Cisalpine Gaulish
adapted to:	Latin
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	personal name
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	o
Morphemic Analysis:	kass-il(l)-us
Phonemic Analysis:	/kassilus/ or /kassillus/
Meaning:	'Kasilus'

Commentary

Reading of lambda uncertain, see VR·31.

Probably from the well-attested, but opaque base kassi- (Solinas 2016: 377 f.). The stem vowel /u/ may indicate an u-stem, but these are rare; in regard of the low dating and the accompanying Latin mark of the attestation, an o-stem kasilos with a Latinised ending is more likely (Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 146). kasilus finds comparanda in Gaulish (also Latinised) casillus, cassillius (Delamarre 2007: 59) and Celtiberian kasilos (Stüber et al. 2009: 259). Cf. also uncertain kasilos.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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