Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Tantiae Saxami f(iliae) |
| Name (citation form) | Saxamus |
| Source | III 4966, ILLPRON 836 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Zollfeld |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Maria Saal |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | Saxon??? |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *saxs-, *sass-, *saxx- '?' NPC 231, DLG2: 265, GPN 251 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | amo |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Orig / Comb / Obj |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Tantia, (DG) Brutta, (SiL) Avaro |
| General notes | NPC 231 connects the name etymologically to the element *sag(o)- / *sag-io- 'seeker' e.g. Curmisagios 'beer-seeker' (PIE root *seh2g- (OIr. -saig, Goth. sōkjan, Lat. sāgiō). Other possibilities: Gmc. Or Latin ethnonym *saxon- or derived from Gmc. *sahsa- (OHG OS sahs, ON sax) 'sword, knife' with ion-suffix. Inscription stone looks like a fake. |
| Other attestations | NOR 1 (CIL III 4909), Saxxamus BEG 1 (CIL XIII 5641) LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2766), Saxsamus LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2881) NOR 1 (CIL III 4864). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 162, 231, DLG2: 265, GPN 251, Lochner 142, Kajanto 51, 202, Schulze 369, 418, AlNor 237, Stüber 1998: 189 (Saxō) |