Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Solirus

Name (citation form)Solirus*
SourceRömer-Martijnse, Bleitäfelchen 150-151 n. 87
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptioninstrumentum
Materiallead tablet
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kalsdorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKalsdorf
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*soli- '?' / *sūli- 'sun, eye(?)'
NPC 232 (soli-), 233 (suli-) DLG2: 287 (suli-/soli-), KGP 270f.
Second element
Suffix(i)ro
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldApp / Place ?
Other
Relations
General notesvariants with o-vocalism are probably to explain by Latin influence (cf. sol 'sun'), because u-vocalism as in Sulinos (Holder II, 1665) is original; etymologically connected to OIr. súil 'eye' < *sūli-.
Other attestationsSolia ITA 1 (CIL V 4729) PAN 1 (RIU 922) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 11140) NOR 1 (CIL III 5487).
Secondary literatureLochner 152, NPC 171 (Sollia), 232, 233, DLG2: 287 (suli-/soli-), KGP 270f., AlNor