Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Galliae Suadrae

Name (citation form)Suadra
SourceIII 5025 = 11620 cf. P. 1047, ILLPRON 6
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite-grey marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Althofen
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityAlthofen
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*suadu- 'sweet'
GPN 258, KGP 273, EDPC 360, NPC 233, DLG2: 284, Meid 206f., Stüber 54, 61, 83
Second element
Suffixra
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
RelationsLDus) Caius, (H) Caius Gallius Tertius
General notesA different morphological segmentation is possible, too: *su- 'good' and *adro- '?' (cf. PN Adronus, ON Adros, RN Adrus), cf. Lochner 153f., Holder I 45f.)
Other attestationsPAN 1 (CIL III 4103) NOR 6 (CIL III 4893, 4984, 5031, 5371, 5391, 14368), Suadr[a] PAN 1 (ILS1 I 37 = RINMS 134), Su[adr]a NOR 1 (Leber 316), Sua[dru]s NOR 1 (AE 1961, 73).
Secondary literatureLochner 153f.,NPC 172, 233, GPN 258, KGP 273, EDPC 360, DLG2: 284, Meid 206f., Stüber 54, 61, 83, AlNor 237, RSW1: 132 (Suadru)