Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Volovici |
| Name (citation form) | Volouicus* |
| Source | III 5552, ILLPRON 1119 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | sandstone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Salzburg |
| Location (ancient) | Iuvavum |
| Community | Salzburg |
| District, region | Salzburg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | — |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *uolo- '?' NPC 237 |
| Second element | *uico- 'to fight' KP 683, NPC 236, DLG2: 318, GPN 281 |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | gen.sg. |
| Semantic field | ? / Comb |
| Other | |
| Relations | (W) Aulia Venusta, (Lsus) Saxsio |
| General notes | For *uico- cf. Goth. weihan 'to fight'. Another possible morphological segmentation would be *uo- 'sub-, hypo-' + *louo- '?' + ico-suffix, cf. DLG2: 208: *louo- < *lauo- < *laguo- <- *lagu- 'small'. |
| Other attestations | Vollio BEG 2 (CIL XIII 4226 [2]), [V?]ollius BEG 1 (Schillinger-Häfele 27,7), Volu[ ] ITA 1 (Pais 174), Volucer AQV 1 (CIL XIII 883), [V]olucrus NOR 1 (Egger 112). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 204, 236, 237, DLG2: 318, GPN 281, KGP 294, 300 |