Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Surus Aetae f(ilius)

Name (citation form)Aeta
SourceIII 6513, ILLPRON 64
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Eberstein
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityEberstein
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as metronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aui- 'wish, desire'
NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143
Second element
Suffixta
Stem classa
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldWish
Other
Relations(S) Surus, (DiL) Quarta, (GS) Secundus
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 5029).
Secondary literatureNPC 14 (Aeto), AlNor 232, Aueta: NPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 117, 143, Untermann: 115f., Lochner 26, AlNor 233