Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Avitus Optati f(ilius) |
| Name (citation form) | Auitus |
| Source | III 5422a, ILLPRON 1195 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Geisthal |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Geisthal |
| District, region | Voitsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *aui- 'wish, desire' NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | to |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Wish |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Optatus, (W) Covruna, (FiL) Ianuarus |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | ITA 2 (CIL V 1817, 6676), BEG 5 (CIL XIII 6486, 7118, 8066, 8361, ILTG 356), PAN 9 (CIL III 3853, 3890, 4351, 10749, 10810, RIU 9, 62, 1227, ILJ 1107), NOR 13 (CIL III 4975, 5109, 5142, 5294, 5297, 5499, 5586, 6523, ILJ 373, Leber 127, RISt 328, EAp 1929, 35) RAE 1 (Schillinger-Häfele 240), [A]vita PAN 1 (CSIRÖ I/5, Sav. 23), Av[itus] RAE 0;1 (AEp 1962, 229), Avi[t]us NOR 1 (Leber 126), Avit[us] PAN 1 (BpR 8, 1904, 172 Nr. 8), Avitu[s] RAE 1 ( IBR 375) Avitus ITA 3 (CIL V 7196, 7257, 7644), PAN 25;1 (CIL III 3283, 3670, 3853, 3890, 3892, 4022, 4404, 4568, 10467, 13362, 14349,4, 14352, AIJ 159, 163, 222, 226, 241, 243, ILJ 288, 337, 1145, RIU 22, 167, 562, AEp 1929, 209; CIL III 10436), NOR 21 ( CIL III 4736, 4857, 5097, 5128, 5196 [2], 5226, 5248, 5285, 5324, 11699, 11720, 13526, 14106, ILJ 373, 379, Egger 297, RISt 80, 301, 322, 328) for further attestations see OPEL I:231 f. |
| Secondary literature | NPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor |