Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Caballo Batavi f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Caballus
SourceIII 4890, ILLPRON 401
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Rosendorf
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageLatin or Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*caballo- '(draft-)horse'
DLG2: 96, KGP 159, NPC 214
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldAnim
Other
Relations(F) Batavus, (Br) M(arcus) Ulpius Senecio
General notesLatin caballus and its romanic derivates are generally considered having a Gaulish origin (DLG2: 96).
Other attestationsCaballius BRI 1 (RIB 820 - 818: Cabal(lius) - 819: Cabal(lius) - 817: Cab(allius)), Cabalionius NOR 1 (CIL III 5467a), Cabalio NOR 2 (RISt 49,308), Cabalicius ITA 2 (CIL V 4550 [2]), Kabaletus DAL 1 (CIL III 13244).
Secondary literatureLochner 41 (Cabalius), NPC 51, 214, DLG2: 96, KGP 159, AlNor