Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | C(aio) Bottio Me[rcatori] |
| Name (citation form) | Bottius |
| Source | III 11566, ILLPRON 590 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Tentschach |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Klagenfurt |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Stadt |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | pseudo gentile |
| Use of name | L 3 |
| 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 | io KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150 |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Anim / Theo / ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | ? |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | Bottius ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286) NOR 3 (CIL III 11566 [3]), Botti[us] NOR 1 (CIL III 4864), Bot[tius] ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286), Bottia NAR 1 (CIL XII 4112), [B]ottia NOR 1 (CIL III 4915). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 34f. (Botta), NPC 46 (Bottia), 213, GPN 59f., 151, DLG2: 81, AlNor 233 (Bottio, -a) |