Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Saturninae Massae f(iliae) |
| Name (citation form) | Massa |
| Source | III 5492, ILLPRON 1478 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Weiz |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Weiz |
| District, region | Weiz |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *masso-, massa-, *mađđa-, *mast- '?' NPC 226, Kajanto 341 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | a Kajanto 105 |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (D) Saturnina |
| General notes | possibly < *mat-to- < *matu- 'good' + to-suffix or mad-to-, cf. NPC 226. |
| Other attestations | HIS 1 (CIL II²/14, 72a) BEG 3 (CIL XIII 4542, 6347, 7024: cives Elvetius) NAR 2 (CIL XII 166, 5925) BRI 1 (RIB 654) MIN 0;1 (ILBulg 122: nat(ione) Tung(er)). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 102, NPC 127, 226, Kajanto 341 |