Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Surae

Name (citation form)Sura
SourceIII 4936 = 11518, ILLPRON 510
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Sankt Stefan bei Haimburg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityVölkermarkt
District, regionVölkermarkt
Population groupSyrian?
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*suro- 'Syrian' or 'sour'
GPN 472f., Meid 289, Lochner 157f., Untermann 165f.
Second element
Suffixa
Kajanto 105
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig/App-Char
Other
Relations(H) Spectatus, (FiL) Cucus
General notescf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 769
Other attestationsITA 9 (CIL V 2342, 2640, 4728, 5299, 5713, 5956, 7524, Pais 1185, AE 1971, 240) HIS 3 (CIL II 1788, CIL II2/5, 604, RIT 15) NAR 2 (CIL XII 4723, 5096) DAL 6 (CIL III 1842, 2315, 2800, 9163, 14316, 15013) PAN 8 (CIL III 32233, 10507, 13414, CSIRÖ I/5, Scarb. 17, RIU 321, 946, 1431, 1543) NOR 4 (CIL III 5609, 4883, 11479, Weber 192) DAC 4 (CIL III 873, AE 1973, 463, IDR III/3, 250, Kerényi 2506) MIN 1 (ILBulg 171) MSV 2 (CIL III 6296, JÖAI 31, 1938, Bbl. 110 Nr. 14), [S]ura RAE 1 (CIL III 5969).
Secondary literatureGPN 472f., Meid 289, NPC 175 (Surius, Suricus), Lochner 157f., Untermann 165f.