Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Ann[ia] Botta

Name (citation form)Botta
SourceIII 11735, ILLPRON 1394
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Schloss Seggau
Location (ancient)
CommunitySeggauberg
District, regionLeibnitz
Population group
Date1. c./early 2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationhypocoristic shortening
Prefix
First element*boduo- 'a (royston-) crow' / 'witch' / 'war-goddess' or *boto- ? '?'
GPN 59f., 151, NPC 213, DLG2: 81 / Lochner 34f.
Second element
Suffixa
Kajanto 105
Stem classa
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldAnim / Theo / ?
Other
Relations
General notesLochner 34 compares Ir. bótt 'fire' to the name Botta.
Other attestationsBottus NAR 1 (CIL XII 1105)
Secondary literatureLochner 34f., NPC 46 (Bottia), 213, GPN 59f., DLG2: 81, GPN 151