Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Nouella Essibni f(ilia) ob(ita) a(nnorum) XVIII |
| Name (citation form) | Essibnus* |
| Source | III 5567 p.2328,201 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | limestone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Mauerkirchen |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Rosenheim |
| District, region | Bayern |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 182 AD |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym |
| Word formation | entheos-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 class | o |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Novella, (F) Essibnus |
| General notes | cf. 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 attestations | Essimnus PAN 1 (RIU 1029), [Es]simnus BEG 1 (CIL XVI 125), RAE 1 (XVI 125), Eximnus BEG 1 (Nesselhauf 114). |
| Secondary literature | GPN 202, NPC 100 (Exsibuus), 221, 223, DLG2: 169, EDPC 119, EDHIL 344, Scheungraber forthc. |