Belatucadros

Gaulish cel-gau cel-gau originally including unattested forms in the etymology, also no sources given for either the form, etymology, or inflection Etymology Lambert states it to be either the name of a deity or an epithet attached to a deity. 2013 Lambert, Pierre-Yves "Le Statut du Théonyme gaulois" in Théonymie Celtique, Cultes, Interpretatio - Keltische Theonymie, Kulte, Interpretatio Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 115 Delamarre reads the first component as cel-gau belatu- death, which he links to the attested names Belatulla, Belatullius, Belatullus, & Belatus and compares it to sga atbaill to perish, die and cel-gau cel-pro *balnīti to die.2003 Delamarre, Xavier Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental 2-87772-237-6 Lambert, Pierre-Yves 96 Savignac reads the second component as cel-gau cadros beautiful,2004 Savignac, Jean-Paul Dictionnaire français-gaulois 978-2729115296 61 with a proposed relation to cy cadr beautiful, br kaer beautiful, & obt cadr beautiful, but Delamarre regards this connection as problematic as the Brittonic forms would go back to Proto-Celtic *katros. Attestation Known from around 28 inscriptions near Hadrian's Wall.1988 Coulston, Jon C. Phillips, E.J. Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, Great Britain, Volume I, Fascicule 6: Hadrian's Wall West of the North Tyne, and Carlisle British Acadamy 0197260586 Noun cel-gau noun Epithet of Mars, with a proposed meaning of "beautiful death". Declension Belatucadr References