Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Melis(sa)e

Name (citation form)Melissa*
SourceIII 5635, ILLPRON 1432
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materiallimestone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Treglwang
Location (ancient)
CommunityTreglwang
District, regionLiezen
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*meliđđo-, *melisso-, *melito- 'sweet, honey'
DLG2: 224, NPC 227
Second element
Suffixa
Kajanto 105
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
Relations(H) Mogetius, (FiL) Martialis
General notes
Other attestationsITA 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), 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 literatureLochner 105, NPC 131, 227, Stüber 83, DLG2: 224, AlNor 235