Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Vertron(i) Button(i) s(uo) f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Butto
SourceIII 3819 = 5038 = 10736 cf. p. 1047, 1822
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialunknown
Date and origin
Location (modern)Igg
Location (ancient)
Community
District, regionSlovenia
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationhypocoristic short name
Prefix
First element*buto- '?'
NPC 214
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casegen. sg. (III 3819), dat.sg. (III 5038),
Semantic fieldCirc / Orig?
Other
Relations(S) Vertro,
General notesCf. CIL III 5038 Button(i) (dat.sg.) vs. CIL III 3819 Buttonis (gen.sg. -> patronym). NPC 214: PIE root *bheu(H)- 'to dwell, reside'.
Other attestationsPAN 4 (AE 1929, 219, CIL III 3801, 3819, RIU 783), Buttus NOR 1 (CIL III 5668), But(tus) NOR 1 (CIL III 4778 = 4785 + p. 2328.44), Butus MIN 0;1 (CIL XVI 13: Dacus).
Secondary literatureMeid 261 (Butto), NPC 51, 214