Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Nouella Essibni f(ilia) ob(ita) a(nnorum) XVIII

Name (citation form)Essibnus*
SourceIII 5567 p.2328,201
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materiallimestone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Mauerkirchen
Location (ancient)
CommunityRosenheim
District, regionBayern
Population group
Date182 AD
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationentheos-bahuvrihi compound (prefix + noun)
Prefix*ex-,*exs- 'without'
DLG2: 119, NPC 221, GPN 202, EDPC 119
First element*imno- 'equal' > 'double, imitation'
NPC 223, EDHIL 344
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
Relations(D) Novella, (F) Essibnus
General notescf. Essimnus; well-known variation of Celt. *-mn- and *-bn-; not related to *omno-, *obno-, *ouno-, but different element *-imno-, cognate to OIr. emon 'gemini', Hitt. ḫimma- 'imitation' and Latin element *im- in imago, imitari, aemulus (Falk/Torp 1994: 341; EDOIL 298, EDHIL 344) -> meaning of compound 'unique', German 'Ohnegleichen'.
Other attestationsEssimnus PAN 1 (RIU 1029), [Es]simnus BEG 1 (CIL XVI 125), RAE 1 (XVI 125), Eximnus BEG 1 (Nesselhauf 114).
Secondary literatureGPN 202, NPC 100 (Exsibuus), 221, 223, DLG2: 169, EDPC 119, EDHIL 344, Scheungraber forthc.