Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Maximae Spirviconis f(iliae) |
| Name (citation form) | Spiruico* |
| Source | III 4909, ILLPRON 297 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Zollfeld |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Maria Saal |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | nominal compound (noun + verbal stem) |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *spir(n?)o- 'hawthorn?' NPC 232 (spirno- < sperno-), DLG2: 280 (sparno- 'hawthorn') |
| Second element | *uico- 'to fight' ? DLG2: 318, KGP 148, 286, GPN 281 |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comb / Circ |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Maxima, (SiL) Elvisius, (GS) Restitutus, (GD) Tertia, (H)elvissa |
| General notes | KGP 273: "Mischkompositum", i.e. hybrid formation of un-Gaulish first compound member and Gaulish second compound member. |
| Other attestations | Spirnus BEG 1 (CIL XIII 11558), Spirar[ch]es (gen.) DAC 1 (CIL III 870). |
| Secondary literature | AlNor 237, NPC 172 |