Alisanos (Latinized as Alisaunus) was a local Gallo-Roman god worshipped in what is now the Côte-d'Or in Burgundy and at Aix-en-Provence. [1]
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. [2] Miranda Green interpreted Alisanos as a mountain-god. [3] Alternatively, the stem Alisa- has been phonologically compared to the Proto-Celtic noun *alisā, meaning 'alder'. [4]
The inscription from Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte-d'Or is in the Gaulish language:
The inscription from Visignot, also in the Côte-d'Or, is in Latin:
Alisanos (Latinized as Alisaunus) was a local Gallo-Roman god worshipped in what is now the Côte-d'Or in Burgundy and at Aix-en-Provence. [1]
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. [2] Miranda Green interpreted Alisanos as a mountain-god. [3] Alternatively, the stem Alisa- has been phonologically compared to the Proto-Celtic noun *alisā, meaning 'alder'. [4]
The inscription from Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte-d'Or is in the Gaulish language:
The inscription from Visignot, also in the Côte-d'Or, is in Latin: