Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Aelio Mattoni

Name (citation form)Matto
SourceIII 4874, ILLPRON 70
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Emmersdorf
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityKlagenfurt
District, regionKlagenfurt-Stadt
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationhypocoristic shortening
Prefix
First element*matu- 'bear' (or 'mati- 'good' ?)
DLG2: 221, NPC 226, GPN 228ff., Meid 198, 234, EDPC 259
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldAnim / App-Char
Other
Relations(DiL) Aelia Secundina, (S) Aelius
General notes
Other attestationsMatt(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), Matto BEG 2 (CIL XIII 11395, 11610), NAR 1 (CIL XII 1431), praedium Mattonianum ITA 1 (Pais 216), Matto* BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7072), Mato NOR 1 (CIL III 4831).
Secondary literatureNPC 129, 226, DLG2: 221, GPN 228ff., Meid 198, 234f., EDPC 259, ALNor 235