Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Messiae Belatussae

Name (citation form)Belatussa*
SourceIII 11552, ILLPRON 385
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Sankt Margarethen in der Reichenau
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityReichenau
District, regionFeldkirchen
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationhypocoristically suffixed
Prefix
First element*belatu- '?'
DLG2: 70, NPC 212, Meid 97, KGP 145, EDPC 61
Second element
Suffix(u)ssa
Stüber 2007: 151
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(H) Caius Cassius Maximus
General notes
Other attestationsBelatusa PAN 1 (CIL III 1435923).
Secondary literatureMeid 97, 221 (Belatusa), NPC 39, 212, DLG2: 70, KGP 145, EDPC 61, AlNor