Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Velleciae

Name (citation form)Vellecia*
SourceIII 5347, ILLPRON 1182
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Frauenberg
Location (ancient)
CommunitySeggauberg
District, regionLeibnitz
Population group
Date2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*uello- 'ruler' ?
NPC 235, KGP 288f. (vellauno-)
Second element
Suffixecia
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComm
Other
Relations(S) Pol{l}ybius
General notes
Other attestationsVellaco ITA 1 (CIL V 7888), Velleco NOR 1 (CIL III 5425), Vellecus DAC 1 (CIL III 1247), Vellicus HIS 1 (EE IX 5), Vellius PAN 1 (RINMS 9), Ve[ll]i (pl.) MIN 2 (ILBulg 87 [2]), Vellia ITA 3 (CIL V 4676, 5513, 7729), NAR 1 (CIL XII 838)
Secondary literatureLochner 176, NPC 193, 235, KGP 288f. (vellauno-), AlNor