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Attestation:	TI·37 (ṣụnaḷei:makọ[) (1)
Language:	prob. Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	prob. patronymic
Grammatical Categories:	dat. sg. animate
Stem Class:	o
Morphemic Analysis:	mag-on- (?)
Phonemic Analysis:	/mago/° (?)
Meaning:	'for the son/daughter of Mako°' (?)

Commentary

Though incomplete, the name can be assumed to be a patronym in -al- makonalui or makonalai from a personal name on-stem makū or derived o-stem makonos. The best comparanda are names in magu- 'youth', cf. e.g. CIL V 4609 MAGONI (gen., Brescia), XIII 5803 magunia (Langes), variant with /k(k)/ V 6931 maconi (gen., Valperga) (Delamarre 2007: 124). Cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 139. A connection with magi- 'grand' cannot be excluded, but is less likely due to the absence of /i/ in the stem. Also theoretically possible is a derivation with the suffix -om-. See also Salomon 2024: 148 f.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

CIL	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)
Delamarre 2007	Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007.