Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bacauso

Name (citation form)Bacauso
SourceIII 5027+ p. 1822, ILLPRON 508
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)St. Stefan
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityFriesach
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bāg- 'to fight' or *bāgo- 'combatant, riot' or *bāgo- 'beech' ?
DLG2: 63 (bagauda), NPC 212, Meid 219
Second element
Suffixauson
Stem classn
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldComb / Plant?
Other
Relations(H) Auno
General notes
Other attestationsBagaucu NOR 1 (CIL III 4898), Bacausus NOR 1 (CIL III 5019).
Secondary literatureLochner 27, NPC 36 (Bacauco), DLG2: 63 (bagauda), NPC 212, Meid 219, AlNor 233