Curmisagius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Curmisagus

Etymology

From Celtic, possibly Gaulish, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kurmi (“beer”) +‎ *sagye- (“to seek”), literally “beer-seeker”.

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Proper noun

Curmisagius m sg (genitive Curmisagiī or Curmisagī); second declension

1. a male given name from Celtic
   • (Can we date this quote?), AE 1939, 260; in Göttlesbrunn, Pannonia:

     Ana Garvonis f[ilia] ann[orum] L h[ic] s[ita] e[st] natione Aravis{s}ca{m} Curmisagius co[n]iugi Turbo Vercondarius Adiaturix f[i]l[ii] ex com[m]uni p[ecunia] fec[e]ru[nt]

     Ana, [daughter] of Gravo, 50 years old, is buried here, Eravisca by nation. Curmisagius, [her] husband, [and] Turbus, Vercondarius [and] Adiaturix, [her] sons, made together [this monument] with [their] money.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Curmisagius
Genitive	Curmisagiī Curmisagī1
Dative	Curmisagiō
Accusative	Curmisagium
Ablative	Curmisagiō
Vocative	Curmisagī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Curmisagius”, in Encyclopédie de l'Arbre Celtique