Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Caballo Batavi f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Batauus
SourceIII 4890, ILLPRON 401
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Rosendorf
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bat- 'to beat, to defeat'
NPC 212, DLG2: 46 (andabata)
Second element
Suffixauo
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldComb
Other
Relations(S) Caballus, M(arcus) Ulpius Senecio
General notes
Other attestationsBataus BEG 1 (CIL XIII 3707) DAC 1 (AEp 1971, 370), Batava BEG 1 (CIL XIII 8339) DAC 1 (IDR III/1, 168).
Secondary literatureDLG2: 46 (andabata), NPC 38, 212, AlNor 233 (Battauso), Lochner 29 (Battauso)