Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Vercaio |
| Name (citation form) | Vercaius |
| Source | III 5698 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | — |
| Location (ancient) | Flavia Solva |
| Community | — |
| District, region | — |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 1./2. c. AD |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | adverbial prefix compound (prefix + noun) |
| Prefix | *uer- 'over-, sur-, up' NPC 236, DLG2: 314, GPN 279f. |
| First element | *ca(g)io- 'enclosure' DLG2: 97, NPC 214 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | o |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Obj? / Comm |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Betullus Biraconis, (M) Ategnata Malsonis, (Si) Livima, (Heir) Claudia Banona |
| General notes | second element of compound: *cagio- > *caio- "avec affaiblissement du g intervocalique en gaulois tardif" (DLG2: 97); etymology: PIE *kagh- (Lat. caulae, OHG hag, OE haga, ON hagi). Different morphological segmentation in Lochner 179: *uerc- (which he connects to PIE *u̯erg̑- 'to do, make' (cf. Goth. waúrkjan, OHG wirken, wurken) + suffix *-aio-. |
| Other attestations | Ve[r]caius NOR 1 (CIL III 5444), Vercaius DAL 0;1 (CIL III 9796) NOR 10 (CIL III 5073, 5084, 5112, 5422, 5440, 5641, 14366,6, Egger 24, Leber 35, 273), [Ver?]caius NOR 1 (Leber 172). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 179, NPC 195, 214, 236, DLG2: 97, 314, GPN 279f., AlNor 238 |