Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Melissae

Name (citation form)Melissa*
SourceIII 257*
Source type
Type of inscriptionunknown
Materialunknown
Date and origin
Location (modern)Melk
Location (ancient)
CommunityMelk
District, regionMelk
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of name
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
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), 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), Meli[ssa NOR 1 (CIL III 5462).
Secondary literatureLochner 105, NPC 131, 227, Stüber 83, DLG2: 224, AlNor 235