Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Aurelius Surus

Name (citation form)Surus
SourceILLPRON 966
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptiondedicatory
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Lorch/Enns ?
Location (ancient)Lauriacum
CommunityEnns
District, regionLinz Land
Population groupSyrian?
Date200-250 AD
Source of datelupa
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*suro- 'Syrian' or 'sour'
GPN 472f., Meid 289, Lochner 157f., Untermann 165f.
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig/App-Char
Other
Relations
General notescf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 769
Other attestationsITA 17 (CIL V 443, 1283, 1393, 2972, 3638, 3802, 4087, 4214, 4278, 4360, 4400, 4517, 5589, 5997, 6896, 7229, Pais 286) PAN 15;2 (CIL III 3687, 3821, 3931, 4548, 10439, 10443, 10748, 11467, AIJ 264, CSIRÖ I/5, Scarb. 18, RINMS 87, RIU 132, 281, 564, 660, CIL III 4502, AE 1934, 270) NOR 17 (CIL III 4990a, 5037, 5064, 5084, 5086, 5112, 5131, 5179, 5368, 5383, 5418, 5467, 6513, 11728, AE 1929, 37, AE 1944, 84, RISt 152) RAE 1 (CIL III 5809), Sura ITA 9 (CIL V 2342, 2640, 4728, 5299, 5713, 5956, 7524, Pais 1185, AE 1971, 240) PAN 8 (CIL III 3223, 10507, 13414, CSIRÖ I/5 Scarb. 17, RIU 321, 946, 1431, 1543) NOR 5 (CIL III 4883, 5609, 11479, 11518, Weber 192), [S]ura RAE 1 (CIL III 5969), Su[r]us PAN 1 (ILSI I 90), Suru[s] NOR 1 (CIL III 5191), [S]urus PAN 1 (AE 1968, 430) for further attestations see OPEL IV: 102.
Secondary literatureGPN 472f., Meid 289, NPC 175 (Surius, Suricus), Lochner 157f., Untermann 165f.