Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Redsato Matugenti f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Matugentus*
SourceIII 4962a, ILLPRON 252
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Magdalensberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMagdalensberg
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationtatpurusa compound (noun + verbal noun)
Prefix
First element*matu- 'bear'
DLG2: 221, NPC 226, GPN 228ff., Meid 198, 234, EDPC 259
Second element*geno- 'born /clan, bloods'
DLG2: 177, KGP 101, 217, GPN 203, NPC 222, EDPC 157
Suffix
Stem classto
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldBirth
Other
Relations(S) Redsatus, (DiL) Iulia Quinctilla, (GS) Martialis, Caius Iulius Bassus
General notesNote the to-suffix in the second compound member: *gento- is a secondary verbal adjective in -to-, cf. Ategenta. The older form *gnato- < *g^n̥h1to- is reflected in PN like Ategnata, Cintugnatus.
Other attestationsMatugenta PAN 1 (CSIRÖ I/3, 363).
Secondary literatureNPC 129, Meid 132 (Matugenta), ALNor 235, RSW2: 13, 20, Stüber 55, 107 (Matugenus)