Matronae Abirenae
The Abirenae are matrons that are inscribed with a votive stone from Cologne-Deutz from the 3rd century. In the inscription, they are associated with deities ( Hercules Magusanus ) or divine beings together with the Matronae Mahalinehae . A sound related form to the Abirenae is the evidence of the Abioreneses .
The epithet is a derivation of an underlying Celtic ethnonym "Ambirenae" = "those who live on the Rhine" comparable to the name of the Ambidravians . The name is a Celtic compound made up of the terms Ambi- with the meaning of “to be around something or to lie / surround” and the Latinized term -renae from Celtic -renus for the river name of the Rhine . The meaning can therefore be explained as “the matrons living or revered on both sides of the Rhine”.
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