Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Bottiae Bottionis fil(iae) |
| Name (citation form) | Bottio |
| Source | III 4915, ILLPRON 136 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Himmelberg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Himmelberg |
| District, region | Feldkirchen |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristic shortening |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *boduo- 'a (royston-) crow' / 'witch' / 'war-goddess' or *boto- ? '?' GPN 59f., 151, NPC 213, DLG2: 81 / Lochner 34f. |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | ion Kajanto 120 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Anim / Theo / ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Bottia |
| General notes | Unknown etymology and language, but note the regional distribution of the name; Lochner 34 compares Ir. bótt 'fire' to the similar name Botta. |
| Other attestations | Bottius ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286) NOR 4 (CIL III 11566 [3], Leber 159), Botti[us] NOR 1 (CIL III 11566), Bot[tius] ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286), Bottia NOR 3 (Leber 159 [2], CIL III 4864), [B]ottia NOR 1 (CIL III 4915) NAR 1 (CIL XII 4112). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 34f. (Botta), NPC 46 (Bottius, -a), 213, AlNor 233 (Bottio, -a), GPN 59f., DLG2: 81, GPN 151 |