Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Vercaius Titiae (filius)

Name (citation form)Vercaius
SourceIII 5444, ILLPRON 1319
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Stift Rein
Location (ancient)
CommunityEisbach
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + metronym
Word formationadverbial 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
Suffixo
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldObj? / Comm
Other
Relations(F) Titius, (W) Bonia
General notessecond 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 attestationsNOR 1 (CIL III 5698), 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 literatureLochner 179, NPC 195, 214, 236, DLG2: 97, 314, GPN 279f., AlNor 238