Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Ambidrabo f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Ambidrabus*
SourceIII 4753, ILLPRON 342
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Paternion
Location (ancient)
Community
District, regionVillach-Land
Population groupAmbidraui
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameethnonym as IN
Word formationprepositional governing compound
Prefix*ambi- 'around'
NPC 210, DLG2: 41, GPN 134, EDPC 32, KGP 122ff., Meid 162f.
First element*drabo-, *drauo- 'Drava (rivername)' or 'ryegrass' ?
KGP 123 / DLG2: 148 (drauoca, draua)
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig / Circ
Other
Relations(M) Banana, (F) Tinco, (GFf) Redsatus, (GFm) Venimarus
General notesHolder I 120, KGP 123: A"the ones living around the river Drava"
Other attestations
Secondary literatureNPC 19 (Ambidrauus), 210, DLG2: 41, 148 (drauoca, draua) GPN 134, EDPC 32, KGP 122f.,123, Meid 162f., RSW2: 7, 12, 20, AlNor 65, 68, 301, 303