otiui

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Attestation:	TI·34.2 (otiui:pala) (1)
Language:	Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	personal name
Grammatical Categories:	dat. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	i̯o
Morphemic Analysis:	ot-(i)i̯-ūi̯
Phonemic Analysis:	/o(n)t(t)(i)i̯ūi̯/ (?)
Meaning:	'for Otios'

Commentary

Personal name in the dative. Numerous reading variants are possible for the base (o(n)t(t)/d(d)-). An onomastic element ot(ii̯)o- is sporadically attested in Transalpine Gaul (s. Delamarre 2007: 146). Delamarre (ibid.) partly assumes variants of transparent formations, but also posits (p. 229) a base otio- with reference to Meid 2005: 83–85, who considers (sub otiorix at Pilisszanto) an etymology from PIE *peth₂- 'fly (up)' (MW odi 'throw'). Both include otius in Italy (CIL X 2909 otio [dat., Pozzuoli], XI 3613 otius [Caere]), formally identicy to the Cisalpine Celtic form, despite the southerly find places. AE 1927, 153 ontioni (dat.) at Windisch is isolated. Cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 138, Salomon 2024: 150 f. Rhŷs 1913: 15 suggests a connection with OIr. úath 'fear', but this should appear as *(φ)ou̯t-.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

AE	Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–.
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.