Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Summus Cotti s(ervus)

Name (citation form)Cottus
SourceRömer-Martijnse, Bleitäfelchen 107-108 n. 60
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptioninstrumentum
Materiallead tablet
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kalsdorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKalsdorf
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*cotto- 'old'
NPC 218, DLG2: 127, GPN 186f., KGP 184, Meid 191f.
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldAge
Other
Relations(Sus) Summus
General notescf. "Etruscan" name Cotta (Kajanto 106)
Other attestationsCottus BEG 2 (CIL XIII 6438, Schillinger-Häfele 27,12).
Secondary literatureNPC 76, 218, Lochner 62, DLG2: 127, GPN 186f., KGP 184, Meid 191f. (Cottius), Stüber 1998: 108 (Cotto, Cottu)