Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Macerio [---] |
| Name (citation form) | Macerius* |
| Source | III 5339, ILLPRON 1234 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Kaindorf |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Kaindorf |
| District, region | Hartberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *mac- 'to nurture, to augment' KP 466 / DLG2: 213, NPC 225, KGP 234, Meid 197f. (Magius, -a, Magio, etc.), EDPC 253 / Kluge23: 531 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | erio |
| Stem class | io |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Fam / Circ |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | Name looks like it is derived from the common Latin PN Macer with a io/ia-suffix. But Macerius,-a shows regional context, being attested in Noricum only.If alternatively *mac- came from *magi(o) 'great' or *magu- 'servant, youngster', see KGP 100, GPN 400f. for the alternation of g and c in Celtic names. Another possibility is to connect it etymologically to PIE *macro- 'meager, lean' > Lat. macer, Gr. μακρός, OHG magar, ON magr. |
| Other attestations | Macerius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7844), NOR 1 (CIL III 5339), Maceria NOR 1 (CIL III 5339) |
| Secondary literature | KP 466, Lochner 97, DLG2: 213, NPC 225, KGP 234, Meid 197f. (Magius, -a, Magio, etc.), EDPC 253 |