Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Saxxu(ni) |
| Name (citation form) | Saxxu* |
| Source | III 6519 = 11656, ILLPRON 511 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | St. Stefan im Lavanttal |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Wolfsberg |
| District, region | Wolfsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *saxs-, *sass-, *saxx- '?' NPC 231, DLG2: 265, GPN 251 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Orig / Comb / Obj |
| Other | |
| Relations | (Br) Secundinus, (M) Messia, (F) Quartinus, (GFf) Quartus, (GFm) Crescens |
| 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 on-suffix. Note the typically Celtic n-stem inflection in -u here. |
| Other attestations | Saxio HIS 1 (CIL II²/7, 309: Patriciensis) NOR 1 (RISt 287), Saxsio NOR 1 (CIL III 5552), Saxia NOR 1 (CIL III 5514), Saxius NOR 1 (CIL III 5334), Saxo ITA 1 (CIL V 4373). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 142 (Saxio, Saxius, Saxia), NPC 162 (Saxxa), 230, 231, DLG2: 265, GPN 251 Lochner 142 (Saxius, -a), AlNor 237 (Saxamus) |