Prestino (, ) is a district of

Como Como (, ; , or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Nestled at the southwestern branch of the picturesque Lake Como, the city is a renowned tourist destination, ce ...

, Italy, of about 3,000 inhabitants, about 2 km west of that city.

History

Prestino is the site of the discovery of one of the most important inscriptions in the ancient and scantily attested

Lepontic language Lepontic is an ancient Alpine Celtic languageJohn T. Koch (ed.) ''Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia'' ABC-CLIO (2005) that was spoken in parts of Rhaetia and Cisalpine Gaul (now Northern Italy) between 550 and 100 BC. Lepontic is at ...

, 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 hese''uvltiaviop-s'', ''arivonep-s'' nd''sits'' ("sacred mounds"? if from *''sēdns'' (accusative plural; compare Old Irish ''sēdēs'' and Latin ''se:de:'')."Lejeune, M. "Documents gaulois et para-gaulois de Cisalpine" ''Études Celtiques'' 1970–71, volume 12, issue 2, pp. 452-462Eds. Ball, M. J. and J. Fife (2002) ''The Celtic Language'' Routledge, p. 44-45Ranko Matasovic (2006) ''Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic'' Brill: Leiden, p. 326

Demographics

Inhabitants registered within the municipality of Como:

Bibliography

(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

External links

''Istituto comprensivo Como Prestino-Breccia''
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