Editing Alisanos

{{Short description|Gallo-Roman god}}
'''Alisanos''' (Latinized as ''Alisaunus'') was a local [[Gallo-Roman religion|Gallo-Roman]] god worshipped in what is now the [[Côte-d'Or]] in [[Burgundy (region)|Burgundy]] and at [[Aix-en-Provence]].<ref>''L'Arbre Celtique'' entry for [http://www.arbre-celtique.com/approfondissements/divinites/inventaire-div/div_liste.php?nomdiv=Alisanus Alisanus].</ref>

== Name ==
The Gaulish [[theonym]] ''Alisanos'' is generally derived from the word ''alisia'', meaning either 'rock, boulder' (cf. Old Irish ''ail'') or '[[whitebeam]]' (cf. French ''alisier''), which is also found in the [[toponym]] [[Alesia (city)|''Alesia'']].{{Sfn|Delamarre|2003|pp=38–39}} [[Miranda Aldhouse-Green|Miranda Green]] interpreted ''Alisanos'' as a mountain-god.{{sfn|Green|1986|p=24}} Alternatively, the stem ''Alisa-'' has been phonologically compared to the [[Proto-Celtic]] noun *''alisā'', meaning 'alder'.<ref>[http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/PCl-MoE.pdf Proto-Celtic—English lexicon]</ref>
== Attestations ==
The inscription from [[Gevrey-Chambertin]] in the Côte-d'Or is in the [[Gaulish language]]:

:<small>DOIROS SEGOMARI</small>
:<small>IEVRV ALISANV</small><ref>''[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum|CIL]]'' XIII: 5468.</ref>
:''Doiros (son) of Segomaros has dedicated (this) to Alisanos''

The inscription from Visignot, also in the Côte-d'Or, is in [[Latin]]:

:<small>DEO·ALISANO·PAVLLINVS</small> ❧
:<small>PRO·CONTEDIO·FIL·SVO</small> ❧
:<small>V·S·L·M·</small><ref>''CIL'' XIII: 2843; cf. also [http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2003/06/27/1331158100.DC1/1158SuppAppendix.html "Toward a phylogenetic chronology of ancient Gaulish, Celtic, and Indo-European: Supporting Appendix"] (2003), ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America''.</ref>
:''Paullinus has freely and deservedly fulfilled his vow to the god Alisanus on behalf of his son Contedius''
== References ==
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* {{Cite book|last=Delamarre|first=Xavier|title=Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental|year=2003|publisher=Errance|isbn=9782877723695|author-link=Xavier Delamarre}}
* {{Cite book|last=Green|first=Miranda J.|title=The Gods of the Celts|date=1986|publisher=A. Sutton|isbn=978-0-389-20672-9|author-link=Miranda Aldhouse-Green}}
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