Ἀργεντοκόξος

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Proto-Brythonic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *argantom (silver) + *koxsā (leg); corresponding to late *arɣant +‎ *koɨs. Cited in a Koine Greek text by Dio Chrysostom.

Proper noun[edit]

Ἀργεντοκόξος (Argentokóxosm[1]

  1. (Caledonian) a male given name [ca. AD 100]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zimmer, Stefan (2002) “The making of myth: Old Irish Airgatlám, Welsh Llaw ereint, Caledonian Ἀργεντοκόξος”, in Michael Richter and Jean-Michel Picard, editors, Ogma: Essays in Celtic Studies in Honour of Próinséas Ní Chatháin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, →ISBN, pages 295–97