Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Surus Bricioni(s) [f(ilius)]

Name (citation form)Bricio*
SourceIII 5086 cf. P. 1048, ILLPRON 371
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Preims
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityWolfsberg
District, regionWolfsberg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*brigo- 'force, power' or *bricco- 'spotted, dappled'
Second element
Suffixion
Kajanto 120
Stem classn
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComb / App ?
Other
Relations(S) Surus, (DiL) Tertia, (GS) Quartus
General notesCIL III,2 reads Bricioni (dat.sg.), but a gen.sg. and thus patronym would be more appropriate here.
Other attestationsBrigio BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7067), Bricia BEG 1 (CIL XIII 3295), Brigia ITA 1 (CIL V 4054) NOR 2 (CIL III 5408, RISt 225), Brigi(us) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 5576).
Secondary literatureLochner 36 (Brigia, -us), AlNor 233, NPC 48