Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Quintianus Cittonis f(ilius) |
| Name (citation form) | Citto* |
| Source | III 5477, ILLPRON 1170 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Eppenstein |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Allersdorf |
| District, region | Judenburg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | late 1. c. AD/early 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristic short name |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *citto- ? '?' Lochner 57 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Quintianus |
| General notes | Lochner´s (57) analysis of the name as a short name of compounded cintu-° is problematic, because we would expect the nasal to be preserved here. If Celtic, cf. OIr. cíth 'rain' < *citu-. |
| Other attestations | Cittu MSV 1 (ILJ 1437), Cittus ITA 1 (CIL V 6928), MIN 1 (ILBulg 438), Cittius DAC 1 (CIL III 807), Citulius NOR 1 (CIL III 4944), Ci[t]us PAN 1 (CIL III 3943), Cit[us] PAN 1 (CIL III 11209), Citus BEG 1 (CIL XIII 6475), HIS 1 (Clun. 57 = CIL II 2788) |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 57 |