Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

[A]vetae

Name (citation form)Aueta
SourceIII 11584, ILLPRON 841
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Zollfeld
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aui- 'wish, desire'
NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143
Second element
Suffixta
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldWish
Other
Relations(H) Optatus, (D) Maiusa
General notesThe orthographic vacillation of i and e is often found on Latin inscriptions.
Other attestationsPAN 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 literatureNPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor 233