Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Atuco Matonis f(ilio) |
| Name (citation form) | Mato |
| Source | III 11559, ILLPRON 260 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Magdalensberg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Magdalensberg |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *matu- 'bear' (or 'mati- 'good' ?) DLG2: 221, NPC 226, GPN 228ff., Meid 198, 234f., EDPC 259 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Anim / App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Atucus |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | Mato /F BEG 1 (ILB 131), Mato HIS 1 (CIL II 926) BEG 2 (CIL XIII 4005, 6140) NOR 2 (CIL III 11860, 4831) LVG 2 (CIL XIII 816, 2583), Matt(o) RAE 1 (CIL III 5836), Matto (f) PAN 1 (CIL III 13379), RAE 1 (CIL III 5868), Matto (m) BEG 2;1 (CIL XIII 5195, 11385, 6950: Bononiae), NOR 1 (CIL III 4874), Matto BEG 2 (CIL XIII 11395, 11610), NAR 1 (CIL XII 1431), praedium Mattonianum ITA 1 (Pais 216), Matto* BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7072). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 129, 226, DLG2: 221, GPN 228ff., Meid 198, 234f., EDPC 259, AlNor 235 |