Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Meli[ssa co]niux |
| Name (citation form) | Melissa* |
| Source | III 5462 p. 593 et 1837, ILLPRON 1329 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Sankt Dionysen |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Bruck an der Mur |
| District, region | Steiermark |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *meliđđo-, *melisso-, *melito- 'sweet, honey' DLG2: 224, NPC 227 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | a Kajanto 105 |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (H) Caius Attius |
| 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, Stüber 83, DLG2: 224, AlNor 235 |