Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | L(ucius) Caesernius Avitus |
| Name (citation form) | Avitus |
| Source | III 5097, ILLPRON 462 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | dedicatory |
| Material | unknown |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | St. Paul im Lavanttal |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | St. Paul im Lavanttal |
| District, region | Wolfsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 3 |
| 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 | — |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | ITA 2 (CIL V 1817, 6676), PAN 9 (CIL III 3853, 3890, 4351, 10749, 10810, RIU 9, 62, 1227, ILJ 1107), NOR 13 (CIL III 4975, 5109, 5142, 5294, 5297, 5387, 5499, 6523, 11785, ILJ 373, Leber 127, RISt 328, AE 1929, 35), RAE 1 (Schillinger-Häfele 240), [A]vita PAN 1 (CSIRÖ I/5, Sav. 23), NOR 1 (CIL III 11785), Avitus ITA 3 (CIL V 7196, 7257, 7644), PAN 25 (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, AE 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), RAE 1 (Wagner 128), Av[itus] RAE 1 (AE 1962, 229), Av(i)tus NOR 1 (CIL III 5151), Avi[t]us NOR 1 (Leber 126), Avit[us] PAN 1 (BpR 8, 1904, 172, Nr. 8), Avitu[s] RAE 1 (IBR 375); for further attestations see OPEL I: 231f. |
| Secondary literature | NPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor |