Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Aetae l(ibertae)

Name (citation form)Aeta
SourceIII 5029, ILLPRON 227
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Lieding
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityStraßburg
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aui- 'wish, desire'
NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143
Second element
Suffixta
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldWish
Other
Relations(H) Attalo, (FiL) Donnus
General notesPN Aueta with intervocal loss / non-writing of -u- ? ; The orthographic vacillation of i and e is often found in Latin inscriptions.
Other attestationsNOR 1 (CIL III 6513).
Secondary literatureNPC 14 (Aeto), AlNor 232, Aueta: NPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor 233