Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Atilius Autoscutti f(ilius) |
| Name (citation form) | Autoscuttus* |
| Source | III 5408, ILLPRON 1418 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Stainz |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Stainz |
| District, region | Deutschlandsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 1./2. c AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | bahuvrihi compound |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *auto- 'wish' NPC 229 (outu- > utu-) |
| Second element | *scuto- 'point, blade, edge' NPC 231 |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comb |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Atilius |
| General notes | Delamarre claims au > ou, *outo- 'fear, horror', cf. OIr. úath 'horror'; more probable is that the first element is Gaul. *auito- 'wish' with syncope of the second syllable auito- > auto-°; second compound member: cf. OIr. scoth 'point, blade, edge' |
| Other attestations | NOR 1 (RISt 262), Autoscutta NOR 1 (CIL III 5426), Auscoutus PAN 1 (CIL III 15152), Ausco NOR 1 (CIL III 5265). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 25f., NPC 35, 229 (outu- > utu-), 231, AlNor |