Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Cantabro |
| Name (citation form) | Cantaber |
| Source | III 12014.180, Egger JA 7 (1913), col. 271a adn. 1 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | unknown |
| Material | unknown |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Klagenfurt |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Klagenfurt |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Stadt |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | (geographical name as) IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *canto- 1. 'region, area', 2. 'hundred', 3. 'with, together', 4. 'sing' PPP NPC 215, DLG2: 105, Meid 136f., KGP 162f. |
| Second element | *abro- ? '?' ? |
| Suffix | ? |
| Stem class | cons. stem |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Place / Orig? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (LDus) Caius |
| General notes | geographical name and personal name, attested mostly in Spain; the attestation of the name in Noricum is not listed in OPEL. |
| Other attestations | HIS 11 (CIL II 2953, 2957, 2971 - ILER 2578, CIL II 3061, 3135, 3199, 5772, 5795, RIT 254, ILER 441, AE 1973, 307 - 308), BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7033), NAR 3 (CIL XII 1892 - 1976, 4169, 5364), [C]antaber BEG 1 (CIL XIII 5013), Cantab[er] BRI 1 (RIB 1568), Cantabr( ) BEG 1 (AE 1974, 460), Cantabriaca PAN 1 (CIL III 4471), Cantabrinus HIS 1 (CIL II 5495). |
| Secondary literature | — |