Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Postumia P(ublii) l(iberta) Battu

Name (citation form)Battu
SourceIII 11585 = I 3469, ILLPRON 274
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Magdalensberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMagdalensberg
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationhypocoristic short name
Prefix
First element*bat- 'to beat, to defeat'
NPC 212, DLG2: 46 (andabata)
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldComb
Other
Relations(LDus) Publius, (H) Bromius
General notes
Other attestationsBato ITA 2 (CIL V 1956, 6670), BEG 2 (CIL XIII 7508, 8824), DAL 9 (CIL III 2749, 12772, 12800, ILJ 180, 811, 1591, 1769, 1807, 2750A), PAN 6 (CIL III 3325, 3558, 10716, RIU 255, 256, 689), DAC 5 (CIL III 7649, IDR I 32 - 33 - 39, 35, 36, 39 - 51), [B]ato DAC 1 (IDR I 45), Bat DAL 1 (CIL III 9845), Ba[t]o BEG 1 (CIL XIII 6538), DAL 1 (CIL III 12779), Batto ITA 1 (Pais 611), Batuia DAL 1 (ILJ 724), Batti PAN 1 (CIL III 10544), Batta PAN 1 (RIU 1288), Bataio PAN 1 (RIU 156), Batalus PAN 1 (RIU 1224), Bataro PAN 1 (CIL III 3286), Batasius HIS 1 (CIL II 5829), Batava BEG 1 (CIL XIII 8339), DAC 1 (IDR III/1, 168), Bataus BEG 1 (CIL XIII 3707), DAC 1 (AE 1971, 370), Batavus NOR 1 (CIL III 4890), Bateia NOR 2 (CIL III 5031, 5076), Bat[e]ius PAN 1 (RIU 895), Batelis NOR 1 (RISt 280).
Secondary literatureAlNor, NPC 38 (Batto), 212, DLG2: 46 (andabata)