Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | [A]vetae |
| Name (citation form) | Aueta |
| Source | III 11584, ILLPRON 841 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | white marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Zollfeld |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Maria Saal |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *aui- 'wish, desire' NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | ta |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Wish |
| Other | |
| Relations | (H) Optatus, (D) Maiusa |
| General notes | The orthographic vacillation of i and e is often found on Latin inscriptions. |
| Other attestations | PAN 2 (CIL III 3361, CSIRÖ I/5, Sav. 23) NOR 3 (CIL III 5495, RISt 278, 322) AQV 5 (CIL XIII 664, 665, 666, 772, 1207), Avet(a) NOR 1 (Leber 208) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 1611), Avetta NOR 1 (CIL III 4929). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor 233 |