Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Attus

Name (citation form)Attus
SourceRömer-Martijnse, Bleitäfelchen 70 n. 37
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptioninstrumentum
Materiallead tablet
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kalsdorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKalsdorf
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*atta-, *atti(o)- '(foster) father'
NPC 212, DLG2: 59, EDPC 46
Second element
Suffixo
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldFam
Other
Relations
General notes
Other attestationsNOR 1 (AEAustr 2007, 178) BEG 1 (Schillinger-Häfele 27, 18), [A]ttus DAL 1 (CIL III 10720), Atta BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7551), Attu NOR 1 (CIL III 11745), Attius MSV 1 (IMS I 122).
Secondary literatureLochner 23, NPC 32 (Attia), 212, DLG2: 59, EDPC 46, Kajanto 35, 141 (Attianus), Meid 253f. (Atto), AlNor 270 (Attonius)