Prestino (Lombard: Prestin, ) is a district of Como, 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, 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:)."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:
Year Population 1981 3447 1991 3847 2001 3682 2008 3650 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^]
References
External links Istituto comprensivo Como Prestino-Breccia on Archive.org