Vesclevesis

Latin

Etymology

From Liburnian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wesu-ḱlew-es (literally “whose fame is good”), whence also Sanskrit वसुश्रवस् (vasuśravas).[1]

Proper noun

Vesclevesis m (stem Vescleves-)

  1. a male given name (genitive singular)
    • 1 – 100 C.E., inscription in Apsorrus, Dalmatia:
      M AVRELIVS OPLI F
      ROESIA VESCLEVESIS
      F SEPTVMA V F S E S
      M(arcus) Aurelius Opli f(ilius)
      Roesia Vesclevesis
      f(ilia) Septuma(!) v(ivi) f(ecerunt) s(ibi) e(t) s(uis)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References
  1. Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 172
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