Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | L(ucius) Barbius Buttus |
| Name (citation form) | Buttus |
| Source | III 5668, ILLPRON 870 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Melk |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Melk |
| District, region | Melk |
| Population group | — |
| Date | early 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 3 |
| Word formation | hypocoristic shortening? |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *buto- '?' NPC 214 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | o |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Circ / Orig? |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | NPC 214: PIE root *bheu(H)- 'to dwell, reside' |
| Other attestations | But(tus) NOR 1 (CIL III 4778 = 4785 + p. 2328.44), Butus MIN 0;1 (CIL XVI 13: Dacus), Butto PAN 4 (AE 1929, 219, CIL III 3801, 3819, RIU 783). |
| Secondary literature | Meid 261 (Butto), NPC 51, 214 |