Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

C(aii) Ausoni(i) ser(vus) Silvin(us)

Name (citation form)Ausonius
SourceILLPRON 883
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialconglomerate
Date and origin
Location (modern)Nussdorf ob der Traisen
Location (ancient)
Community
District, regionSt. Pölten
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aus- 'ear'
NPC 212, DLG2: 62 (aus(-i))
Second element
Suffixonio
Stem classio
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp
Other
Relations(Sus) Silvinus
General notescf. OIr. āu, ō 'ear', Gaul. PN Su-ausiā 'with beautiful ears' (IEW 785).
Other attestationsPAN 1 (RIU 126), [A]usoniu[s] PAN 1 (Vorbeck 18), Ausoni(us) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 6858).
Secondary literatureNPC 35, 212, DLG2: 62 (aus(-i))