Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Massato Babbec(ius?) fil(ius) |
| Name (citation form) | Massatus |
| Source | III 4903, ILLPRON 380 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Pulst |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Liebenfels |
| District, region | St. Veit an der Glan |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN / pseudo gentile |
| Use of name | IN / L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *masso-, massa-, *mađđa-, *mast- '?' NPC 226, Kajanto 341 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | (a)to / (a)ton |
| Stem class | o / n ? |
| Case | dat. sg. / nom. sg. ? |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (M) Covnerta, (GFm) Mosgaitus |
| General notes | probably not from Latin massa 'mass', cf. NPC 226; possible reconstruction: *masso- < *mad-to- ? |
| Other attestations | Massa HIS 1 (CIL II,2/14, 72a), BEG 3 (CIL XIII 4542, 6347, 7024), NAR 2 (CIL XII 166, 5925), NOR 1 (RISt 327), BRI 1 (RIB 654), MIN 1 (ILBulg 122), Massar[ ]* NOR 1 (CIL III 11499), Massianius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7732), Massicina HIS 1 (HAE 2255), Massius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 4325), Massia BEG 1 (CIL XIII 4404), Masó NAR 1 (E 347), Masso BEG 1 (Nesselhauf - Lieb 50), NAR 2 (CIL XII 1299, 2243 - 2259), NOR 1 (CIL III 5623), LVG 1 (AE 1964, 51), Masóni(us) NAR 1 (E 347), Massonius BEG 3 (CIL XIII 8020, 8781, 11987), Massonia NAR 1 (CIL XII 2864), Massula BEG 2 (CIL XIII 7983, 8423), Massus BEG 1 (Nesselhauf - Lieb 245), Mastao PAN 1 (CIL III 11299). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 127, 226, AlNor 235, Lochner 102 (Massa) |