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 genitive. Numerous reading variants are possible for the base (o(n)t(t)/d(d)-); the best comparanda are Latinised otius in Italy (CIL X 2909 otio [dat., Pozzuoli], XI 3613 otius [Caere]), but cf. also the on-stem ontioni (dat., Windisch), s. Delamarre 2007: 144–146, 229). Cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 138, Motta 2000: 200. Rhŷs 1913: 15 suggests a connection with OIr. úath 'fear', but this should appear as *(φ)ou̯t-.

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.