telialui

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Attestation:	TI·27.1 (kuaśoni:pala:telialui) (1)
Status:	probable
Language:	Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	patronymic
Grammatical Categories:	dat. sg. masc.
Stem Class:	o
Morphemic Analysis:	tel-(i)i̯-al-ūi̯
Phonemic Analysis:	/dell(i)i̯alūi̯/ (?)
Meaning:	'for the son of Telios'

Commentary

See the inscription page on the reading.

Patronym in the dative formed from a personal name telios. The best comparanda for the base are names in dell-, especially the formally equivalent delli̯os, delli̯ā, which have a wide distribution in Transalpine Gaul (e.g. CIL XII 5011 dellia [Narbonne], s. Delamarre 2007: 219 et passim). The group may be connected to a verbal root dell- 'sprout' (MW deillyaw 'emerge from' < PIE *dʰelh₁- 'flow out' as per Schumacher KP: 257–259). See also Salomon 2024: 149.

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.