Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Sumario Limmonis f(ilio) |
| Name (citation form) | Limmo* |
| Source | III 4985, ILLPRON 817 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Thon |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Grafenstein |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | prob. 100 AD |
| Source of date | Piccottini |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristic short name |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *limo-, *lemo- 'elm tree' NPC 224, DLG2: 199 , IEW 303 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Plant |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Sumarius, (DiL) Bussula, (GS) Tertius |
| General notes | cf. OIr. lem 'elm', Latin ulmus, ON almr, OE elm (IEW 303) |
| Other attestations | Lim[i]cus HIS 1 (LICS 139), Limisius BRI 1 (RIB 936). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 117, Lochner 92 (Linno), AlNor 235, NPC 224, DLG2: 199 , IEW 303 |