Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

P(ublius) Post(umius) P(ublii) l(ibertus) Cardacanus

Name (citation form)Cardacanus
SourceIII 11601, ILLPRON 283
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Magdalensberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMagdalensberg
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 3
Word formationcompound, not further determinable
Prefix
First element*carto- ? '?'
NPC 215
Second element*canu- '?', *cano- 'reed', *canauo- 'young animal, baby-wolf'
NPC 215 (canu-, canauo-), DLG2: 101 (canauo) / 103 (cano-)
Suffixo
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(LDus) Publius
General notesSpelling of /t/ as and a-Fuge are unusual.
Other attestationsCardelia ITA 1 (CIL V 3930), Cardilius HIS 1 (HAE 2092).
Secondary literatureNPC 215 (carto-; canu-, canauo-), DLG2: 101 (canauo) / 103 (cano-), AlNor