Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | P(ublio) Tenatio Essimno |
| Name (citation form) | Essimnus* |
| Source | LUPA 4481 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Passau-Innstadt |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Passau |
| District, region | Bayern |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 3 |
| 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 | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | cf. Essibnus; 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 (CIL XVI 125), Eximnus BEG 1 (Nesselhauf 114), Esimne (Raetic inscription from Steinberg), Essibnus NOR 1 (CIL III 5567). |
| Secondary literature | GPN 202, NPC 100 (Exsibuus), 221, 223, DLG2: 169, EDPC 119, EDHIL 344, Scheungraber forthc. |