Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Voltisemae Bussumari f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Bussumarus*
SourceILLPRON 1048 = JÖAI 38, 1950, Bbl. 80 = Gerstl 301
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Lavant
Location (ancient)Aguntum
CommunityLavant
District, regionLienz
Population group
Date1. H. 2. c. AD
Source of dateTaeuber
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationbahuvrihi compound (noun + adjective)
Prefix
First element*bussu- 'lip, kiss' or *buzdo- 'tail, penis' ?
Second element*māro- 'great'
DLG2: 218f., NPC 226, GPN 223, Meid 92, KGP 238, EDPC 258
Suffixo
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp
Other
Relations(GD) Volusia Latina, Volusia Saturnina, (GGS) Vitorius Latinus, (GGD) Vitoria Secundina, (D) Voltisema, (SiL) Clevvo
General notescf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 764
Other attestationsBussula NOR 1 (CIL III 4985, 5465), [Bussull]a NAR 1 (AEp 1938, 133), [B]ussullus NAR 1 (AEp 1938, 133).
Secondary literatureAlNor, 50