Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Meleiae Bricosticis filiae |
| Name (citation form) | Bricostix |
| Source | III 5697 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Gerulata? |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | — |
| District, region | — |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | compound, not further determinable |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *brigo- 'force, power' or *bricco- 'spotted, dappled' DLG2: 88 / 86, NPC 214, GPN 316, EDPC 78 |
| Second element | *stix-? ? |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | consonantal |
| Case | nom.sg. |
| Semantic field | Comb |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Meleia |
| General notes | for the alternation of g and c in the first compound member *brico-, see KGP 100, GPN 400f.; second compound member *stix perhaps < PIE *steigh- 'to mount, stride' ? |
| Other attestations | — |
| Secondary literature | DLG2: 86, 88, GPN 316, EDPC 78, NPC 48 (Brico), 214 |