Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Saxia Marci f(ilia) Amma |
| Name (citation form) | Saxia |
| Source | III 5514, ILLPRON 1322 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Stift Rein |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Eisbach |
| District, region | Graz-Umgebung |
| Population group | Saxon??? |
| Date | 1./2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | pseudo gentile |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *saxs-, *sass-, *saxx- '?' NPC 231, DLG2: 265, GPN 251 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | ia KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150 |
| Stem class | ia |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Orig / Comb / Obj |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Marcus, (H) Iunianus |
| 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 ia-suffix. |
| Other attestations | Saxio HIS 1 (CIL II-2/7, CIL III 5552, 309: Patriciensis) NOR 1 (RISt 287), Saxo ITA 1 (CIL V 4373) |
| Secondary literature | NPC 162, 231, DLG2: 265, GPN 251, Lochner 142, Kajanto 51, 202, Schulze 369, 418, AlNor, Stüber 1998: 189 (Saxō) |