Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Ategnatae Malsonis f(iliae) |
| Name (citation form) | Malso* |
| Source | III 5698 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | — |
| Location (ancient) | Flavia Solva |
| Community | — |
| District, region | — |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 1./2. c. AD |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *malso- 'sweet' or 'slow, lazy' Meid 275, DLG2: 214 (mallo-) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Ategnata, (SiL) Betullus Biraconis, (GS) Vercaius, (GD) Livima, (Heir) Claudia Banona |
| General notes | Meid 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 attestations | Malso DAG 114 (b), l. 2 (La Graufesenque graffito), Malsus (PAN 1)† NOR 1 (CIL III 13555). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 125, Meid 215, AlNor, DLG2: 214 (mallo-), Stüber 1998: 108 (Malsōnis) |