Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Macerio [---]

Name (citation form)Macerius*
SourceIII 5339, ILLPRON 1234
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kaindorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKaindorf
District, regionHartberg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
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
Suffixerio
Stem classio
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldFam / Circ
Other
Relations
General notesName 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 attestationsMacerius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7844), NOR 1 (CIL III 5339), Maceria NOR 1 (CIL III 5339)
Secondary literatureKP 466, Lochner 97, DLG2: 213, NPC 225, KGP 234, Meid 197f. (Magius, -a, Magio, etc.), EDPC 253