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Lepontic, n. and a.|lɪˈpɒntɪk|
[ad. L. Lēponticus: see *Lepontian n. and a., -ic.]
A. n. The Celtic dialect anciently spoken in the region of the Lepontine Alps.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this dialect.
1926R. S. Conway in Cambr. Anc. Hist. IV. xiii. 435What differences existed between Ligurian and other dialects farther north and east, Lepontic and Raetic, it is difficult to say. 1933C. D. Buck Compar. Gram. Greek & Latin 24 ‘Lepontic’ inscriptions, from the region of the North Italian lakes, which probably represent a form of Ligurian. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. ix. 500 The inscriptions of Lugano, termed Lepontic, or else Ligurian-Celtic. 1989J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans iii. 95 There is also Lepontic, a Celtic language known from about 70 inscriptions which derives from the Alpine region to the north of Milan. |