Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

C(aio) Bottio Adiu[tori]

Name (citation form)Bottius
SourceIII 11566, ILLPRON 590
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Tentschach
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityKlagenfurt
District, regionKlagenfurt-Stadt
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 3
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
Suffixio
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldAnim / Theo / ?
Other
Relations?
General notes
Other attestationsBottius 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 literatureLochner 34f. (Botta), NPC 46 (Bottia), 213, GPN 59f., 151, DLG2: 81, AlNor 233 (Bottio, -a)