Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Maco |
| Name (citation form) | Maco* |
| Source | Römer-Martijnse, Bleitäfelchen 32 n. 12 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | instrumentum |
| Material | lead tablet |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Kalsdorf |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Kalsdorf |
| District, region | Graz-Umgebung |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | hypocoristic short name |
| 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 | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Fam / Circ |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | 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 | Macco ITA 2 (CIL V 1464, 6908) BEG 1;1 (CIL XIII 4670, 6914: Eporedia), Macc[o] ITA 1 (Pais 897), Mako BEG 1 (schillinger-Häfele 27, 24). |
| Secondary literature | KP 466, Lochner 97, DLG2: 213, NPC 122 (Macco), 225, KGP 234, Meid 197f. (Magius, -a, Magio, etc.), EDPC 253, AlNor (Maccus), Stüber 1998: 108 (Magiu) |