08-06-2010, 08:21 PM
Quote:I agree. Assuming Celtillus was real, yes, it was probably a latinized version of the name. Just like Brennus & Commius would probably be Brennos or Commios in the native tongue. I think the "os" was a common Gallic feature in names.Brennus:1ldxziaj Wrote:Interesting points. And certainly the term "Celt" must have had some significance amongst themselves if a man who tried to be King of Gaul was known as Celtillus.Celtillus rather sounds like a Latin name. -llus/-lla is a diminutive suffix (e.g. Marcellus, Catullus, Metellus, Camillus). So it meant - to Romans! - something like 'little Celt'. Question is why Vercingetorix' father had a name which made sense to Romans.
Assuming it was nevertheless an indigenous name, it looks like it was altered through folk etymology, case in which there's no reliable *kelt root for an argument.
Todd Franks
"The whole race is madly fond of war, high spirited and quick to battle, but otherwise straightforward and not of evil character." - Strabo on the Celts
"The whole race is madly fond of war, high spirited and quick to battle, but otherwise straightforward and not of evil character." - Strabo on the Celts