Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Cn(aeo) Oc[t]avio Cn(aei) f(ilio) C[an]tarro

Name (citation form)Cantarrus*
SourceIII 4947 = 4948 = 11521 = 11522, ILLPRON 438
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Waisenberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityVölkermarkt
District, regionVölkermarkt
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 3 + patronym
Word formationsimple
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
Suffixarro
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(Br) Caius Octavius Tattus, Lucius Octavius Rufus, (Si) Octavia Aiu, (F) Cnaeus
General notes
Other attestationsCantius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 5677), LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2555 - 2558), ITA 8 (CIL V 335, 786, 1146, 1365, 7563 [2], 8356 [2]), HIS 2 (CIL II 193, 401-402), NAR 1 (CIL XII 2755-2756)], PAN 2 (CIL III 3857 [2]) NOR 2 (RISt 8, Leber 267), LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2046), Canti(us) HIS 1 (CILA I 72), BEG 1 (Nesselhauf 90), AQV 1 (CIL XIII 583), Cant(ius) LVG 1 (CIL XIII 3097a), Cantia AQV 1 (AE 1973, 347), [Canti]us NAR 1 (CIL XII 2756), Canti(us) ITA 1 (ILJ 1208), NAR 2 (CIL XII 2755-2756, 3034), C[antius] ITA 1 (ILJ 1208), [Ca]ntia NOR 1 (Leber 262), Cantia ITA 2 (CIL V 1146, 8260), HIS 1 (EE IX 254), DAL 1 (CIL III 9163), PAN 1 (CIL III 3857), NOR 2 (RISt 8 [2]).
Secondary literatureNPC 215, DLG2: 105, Meid 136f., KGP 162f.