Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Ategnatae Malsonis f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Malso*
SourceIII 5698
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)
Location (ancient)Flavia Solva
Community
District, region
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*malso- 'sweet' or 'slow, lazy'
Meid 275, DLG2: 214 (mallo-)
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
Relations(D) Ategnata, (SiL) Betullus Biraconis, (GS) Vercaius, (GD) Livima, (Heir) Claudia Banona
General notesMeid 125 reconstructs the Celtic name Malsus as *ml̥so-; Mulsus (RIU 1248) however, is not Celtic, but Latin (mulsus 'honey-sweet'); perhaps Malsus and Mulsus are "verschiedensprachliche Ausprägungen des gleichen Etymons" (Meid 125). Otherwise, a connection to *mallo- (OIr., W mall) < *ml̥no- 'lazy, slow' (cf. Gr. μέλλω, Lat. prō-mellere) is possible as well; EDPC 264, however, claims a PCelt. assimilation of *-ls- > *-ll- s.v. *mello- 'destruction, confusion' < PIE *melso-; if one accepts this assimilation, Malso can hardly be the Celtic continuant of PIE *ml̥so-.
Other attestationsMalso DAG 114 (b), l. 2 (La Graufesenque graffito), Malsus (PAN 1)† NOR 1 (CIL III 13555).
Secondary literatureNPC 125, Meid 215, AlNor, DLG2: 214 (mallo-), Stüber 1998: 108 (Malsōnis)