Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Melissa Melissonis (filia) |
| Name (citation form) | Melissa |
| Source | ILLPRON 183 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | limestone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Kachl |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Metnitz |
| District, region | St. Veit an der Glan |
| Population group | — |
| Date | early 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | GP |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym/metronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *meliđđo-, *melisso-, *melito- 'sweet, honey' DLG2: 224, NPC 227 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | a |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (H) Atticus, (FiL) Quartius, (M?) Melissa |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | ITA 1 (AE 1973, 264) HIS 1 (CIL II 3201) NAR 1 (CIL XII 5932) DAL 1 (CIL III 2185) PAN 1 (ILSI I 91) NOR 2 (CIL III 4977, 11560), Milisa NOR 1 (CIL III 5635), Melis[sa] HIS 1 (LICS 190 (=CIL II 3063), Melissus ITA 1 (CIL V 7018) HIS 1 (IRC IV 11-66-109: Meli[ss]us) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 5165) NAR 1 (CIL XII 5215) NOR 1 (CIL III 14369-2q), Melisus BRI 1 (RIB 619) |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 105, NPC 131, 227, DLG2: 224, AlNor |