miliarios

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Attestation:	MI·10.2 (miliarios) (1)
Language:	prob. Latin
adapted to:	Celtic
Word Type:	noun
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	i̯o
Morphemic Analysis:	miliar-(i)i̯-os (?)
Phonemic Analysis:	/miliar(i)i̯os/
Meaning:	'milestone' (?)

Commentary

The form is usually interpreted as the Latin miliarium 'milestone', but its grammatical form is unclear. If the form is grammatically Latin, the ending -os identifies it as an accusative plural – miliarium is attested in this case on the Miliarium Popillianum (Morandi 2004: 616) in a sentence, but it makes little sense in isolation. Somewhat more probable is a Celticised nominative singular of the Latin word, though with unmotivated transfer from neuter to masculine. Formally, it could of course simply be a Celtic personal name, but the formation would be unusual, and there are no comparanda in sight.

Corinna Salomon