Ἀργεντοκόξος

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *argantom (“silver”) + *koxsā (“leg”); corresponding to late *arɣant +‎ *koɨs. Cited in a Koine Greek text by Dio Chrysostom.

Proper noun

Ἀργεντοκόξος (Argentokóxos) m[1]

  1. (Caledonian) a male given name [ca. AD 100]

References

  1. ^ Zimmer, Stefan (2002) “The making of myth: Old Irish Airgatlám, Welsh Llaw ereint, Caledonian Ἀργεντοκόξος”, in Michael Richter and Jean-Michel Picard, editors, Ogma: Essays in Celtic Studies in Honour of Próinséas Ní Chatháin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, →ISBN, pages 295–97
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