Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Dacus Cop(poni) Luciani

Name (citation form)Dacus
SourceILLPRON 1056
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Elsbethen
Location (ancient)Iuvavum
CommunitySalzburg
District, regionSalzburg
Population groupDacian
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageLatin or Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of name(ethnonym as ?) IN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*daco-, *dago-?
DLG2: 134, IdT 218, GPN 188, Meid 192, EDPC 86, NCA 119
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig / App-Char
Other
Relations(W) Matrona, (Dus) Copponius Lucianus
General notesif Celtic, then connection to *dago- 'good' is most likely with *daco- being a graphic variant (KGP 186), cf. Vir-dacus.
Other attestationsBEG 1 (CIL XIII 6238) Daca DAL 1 (ILJ 2618)
Secondary literatureIdT 218, NCA 119, EDPC 86