Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

M(arco) Broc[cio -- f(ilio)]

Name (citation form)Broccius*
SourceIII 5500, ILLPRON 1335
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Sankt Johann bei Herberstein
Location (ancient)
CommunitySankt Johann bei Herberstein
District, regionHartberg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic or Latin
Genderm.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 3
Word formationsimple / hypocoristic short name?
Prefix
First element*brocco- 'badger' or *brogi- 'land, territory, boundary'
NPC 214, DLG2: 91, GPN 158, EDPC 80, KGP 157, Meid 223, Kajanto 238
Second element
Suffixio
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classio
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldAnim / Place
Other
Relations
General notesGaul. brogi- < *mrogi- (cf. Ir. mruig, W bro), cf. Lat. margo, Goth. marka; for the development see KGP 96 (cf. Comruno- ~ Couruno-); if Latin origin, derived from Brocchus (Kajanto 238)
Other attestationsBrocchi(us) ITA 1 (CIL V 5971), Brocchhius ITA 1 (CIL V 5972 [2]).
Secondary literatureMeid 223, Lochner 36, NPC 49, 214, DLG2: 91, GPN 158, EDPC 80, KGP 157, Kajanto 238