Output details
31 - Classics
University of Cambridge
Article title
Bratonio Gratias - zur festlandkeltischen Onomastik und Phraseologie
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie
Article number
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Volume number
57
Issue number
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First page of article
97
ISSN of journal
0084-5302
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article deals with one of the most discussed Gaulish formulae. The word βρατου has been taken as meaning either “in gratitude” (related to Latin gratus etc.) or “by command of”. The context does not allow for a firm decision either way. However, an inscription from near the German-Belgian border, which must be written by a local, bears the name Quintus Bratonius Gratus. Here, I argue, the Latin cognomen is best understood as the direct translation of the patronymic gentilicium Bratonius, thus providing an argument for taking βρατου as meaning “in gratitude”.
