Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Divico

Name (citation form)Diuicus
SourceIII 5399, ILLPRON 1280
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Leibnitz
Location (ancient)
CommunityLeibnitz
District, regionLeibnitz
Population group
Date1. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationprefixed verbal compound (prefix + verbal stem)
Prefix*di- 'from, ex-, very'
KGP 194, DLG2: 143, GPN 193, Meid 171, NPC 219
First element*uico- 'to fight' ?
KP 683, NPC 236, DLG2: 318, GPN 281
Second element
Suffix
Stem classn
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComb
Other
Relations
General notescf. OIr. di-fich 'to take revenge, to punish' (KGP 194); cf. etymologically related Goth. weihan 'to fight'.
Other attestationsBEG 1 (CIL XIII 5434) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 755), Divica AQV 1 (CIL XIII 733), Divicius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 11376) NAR 1 (CIL XII 2028), Diuc(ius) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 11377), Divicia BEG 1 (CIL XIII 4371) NAR 1 (CIL XII 1920), Diucia BEG 1 (CIL XIII 4244), Divicta ITA 1 (CIL V 7287).
Secondary literatureStüber 65, 69, 70, 73, 95 (Divica), 56 (Divicus), RSW2 11 (Divicius, Divecus), NPC 87, 236, KP 683, DLG2: 318, GPN 281