Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | L(ucius) Optaius V[err]ucosus |
| Name (citation form) | V[err]ucosus* |
| Source | Egger 292 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | dedicatory |
| Material | harl |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Magdalensberg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Magdalensberg |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 3 |
| Word formation | adverbial prefix compound (prefix + noun) |
| Prefix | *uer- 'over-, sur-, up' NPC 236, DLG2: 314, GPN 279f. |
| First element | *rucco- 'red, blush' NPC 230, DLG2: 263, Meid 280 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | (o)so Kajanto 122 |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | App |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | A different morphological segmentation would be *ueru- 'large, wide' (NPC 236, DLG2: 317, 439, GPN 123) + ucoso-suffix (??) ? |
| Other attestations | Verruci(us) PAN 1 (CIL III 11153), Verrucius HIS 2 (AE 1971, 155, 155 - CIL II 828) |
| Secondary literature | NPC 236, 230, DLG2: 263, 314, 317, 439, GPN 279f., Meid 280 |