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Prestino

Coordinates: 45°48′04″N 9°03′32″E / 45.80111°N 9.05889°E / 45.80111; 9.05889
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Prestino
Comune di Prestino
Location of Prestino
Map
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceComo
Population
 • Total3,103
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Patron saintSt. Felix, St. Francis of Assisi

Prestino (Italian: Prestin, Italian pronunciation: [preʃˈtiːŋ]) is a district of Como, Italy, of about 3,000 inhabitants, about 2 km west of that city.

History

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Prestino is the site of the discovery of one of the most important inscriptions in the ancient and scantily attested Lepontic language, the Prestino Stone. This is a dedication pictured here, the text of which reads:

uvamakozis plialeθu uvltiauiopos ariuonepos sitis tetu

Probably: "Uvamakozis dedicated (literally 'gave') to Plialethos [these] uvltiaviop-s, arivonep-s [and] sits ("sacred mounds"? if from *sēdns (accusative plural; compare Old Irish sēdēs and Latin se:de:)."[1][2][3]

Lepontic inscription from Prestino

Demographics

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Inhabitants registered within the municipality of Como:

Year Population
1981 3447
1991 3847
2001 3682
2008 3650[4]

Bibliography

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(Ordered by date of publication)

  • Roberti, Mario Mirabella (1966) "Un'iscrizione eponzio-ligure a Prestino di Como" Arte Lombarda, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 114-115
  • Lejeune, M. (1970–71) "Documents gaulois et para-gaulois de Cisalpine" Études Celtiques, volume 12, issue 2, pp. 452-462
  • Prosdocimi, Aldo L. (1986) "L'iscrizione leponzia di Prestino: Vent'anni dopo" Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie Vol.41, p.225
  • de Hox, Javier (1992) "Lepontic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, and the Archeological Evidence" Études celtiques vol. 29 pp. 223-240
  • Ball, M. J. and J. Fife (eds.) (2002) The Celtic Language Routledge, p. 44-45
  • Markey, Thomas L.; Mees, Bernard (2003) "Prestino, patrimony and the Plinys"Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, Vol.53 (1), p.116
  • Matasovic, Ranko (2006) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic Brill: Leiden, p. 326
  • Mees, Bernard (2008) "Early Celtic metre at Vergiate and Prestino" Historische Sprachforschung, Vol.121 (1), p.188-208
  • "Mummified body of Italian woman found sitting at a table, 2 years after her death" February 10, 2022 CBS News. Retrieved June 15, 2023. [^1^][1]

References

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  1. ^ Lejeune, M. "Documents gaulois et para-gaulois de Cisalpine" Études Celtiques 1970–71, volume 12, issue 2, pp. 452-462
  2. ^ Eds. Ball, M. J. and J. Fife (2002) The Celtic Language Routledge, p. 44-45
  3. ^ Ranko Matasovic (2006) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic Brill: Leiden, p. 326
  4. ^ Domizia De Rocchi (a cura di). "Comune di Como: Demografia in cifre" (PDF).
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45°48′04″N 9°03′32″E / 45.80111°N 9.05889°E / 45.80111; 9.05889