Re: [tied] Ogme/Ogma's etymology

Thanks for this explanation! I've been waiting many years to find it.

A curiosity: Ogmios is cited many times at Nostradamus centuriae.

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From: Christopher Gwinn

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Subject: Re: [tied] Ogme/Ogma's etymology

Ogma is found in Cath Mag Tuired wirth the following variations:

Ogmai, Ogmae, Ogme and, with the vocative singular, Ogmau (which looks to be a scribal error).

The -a- of Ogma is due to a late trend in Old Irish to write -a- for -ae- (in some late sources, the -m- of Ogma is lenited and spelled Ogmha).

The name should have the following declension:

        Masculine -io- tem

        Sing.        Common Celtic

N    Ogm(a)e    (*Ogmios)

V    Ogm(a)i     (*Ogmie)

A    Ogm(a)e    (*Ogmion)

G    Ogm(a)i     (*Ogmi[i])

D    Ogmu        (*Ogmiu[i])

-C. Gwinn