Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

App(ia) Catt(a)

Name (citation form)Catta
SourceIII 11645
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Frauenburg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityUnzmarkt
District, regionJudenburg
Population group
Date1. H. 2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 3
Word formationhypocoristic shortening / simple ?
Prefix
First element*catu- 'combat, fight' or catto- 'cat' ?
DLG2 111, Meid 190, KGP 167, EDPC 195, NPC 61, 216, GPN 171f.
Second element
Suffixa
Kajanto 105
Stem classa
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldComb / Anim
Other
Relations
General notes
Other attestationsITA 1 (CIL V 5709) DAL 1 (ILJ 1540) PAN 2 (CIL III 3586, RIU 228) NOR 2 (CIL III 11592, Leber 89) LVG 2 (CIL XIII 2455, 2704), Cattus BEG 2 (CIL XIII 3305, ILTG 445).
Secondary literatureDLG2 111, Meid 190, KGP 167, EDPC 195, NPC 61 (Catt-), 216, GPN 171f., Lochner 50f., Stüber 1998: 105 (Catto)