Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Bacacu Atuni f(ilia) |
| Name (citation form) | Atunus* |
| Source | III 11502, ILLPRON 456 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | St. Michael |
| Location (ancient) | Teurnia |
| Community | Villach |
| District, region | Villach Stadt |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *atu- ? '?' NPC 212, Meid 254 (Attuia) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | no |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Bacacu, (SiL) Cotu, (GS) Arimanus, Ario |
| General notes | OPEL reads Atu, but a dative of a n-stem -uni is improbable here. In this position we expect a gen.sg. (patronym or metronym); thus-> Atuni is most likely a gen.sg. of a nom.sg. Atunus*. Morphological segmentation unclear; also possible: compound ate-dunus (cf. Other attestations) with haplology of third syllable: *ateduno- > *atuno- ? |
| Other attestations | NOR 1 (CIL III 4952), [At]unu(s) NOR 1 (CIL III 4778=4785). |
| Secondary literature | AlNor 233, 265, NPC 33 |