piuonta

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Attestation:	BS·1 (piuon·ta) (1)
Status:	probable
Language:	Celtic
Word Type:	proper noun
Semantic Field:	personal name
Grammatical Categories:	nom. sg. fem.
Stem Class:	ā
Morphemic Analysis:	biu̯-o-nt-ā
Phonemic Analysis:	/biu̯ontā/
Meaning:	'Piuonta'

Commentary

See the inscription page on the reading.

ā-stem personal name formed from the present participle biu̯ont- 'living' → 'the living one' (cf. Stüber 2005: 101 on the semantic motivation), also attested in the Latin inscription CIL V 5176 bionta (F·BIONTAE) at Curno (ca. 35 km from Coccaglio) (cf. Molinari 1974: 76). Cf. piuot, piuotialui.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

CIL	Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)