Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Saxia Marci f(ilia) Amma |
| Name (citation form) | Amma |
| Source | III 5514, ILLPRON 1322 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | stone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Stift Rein |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Eisbach |
| District, region | Graz-Umgebung |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 1./2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *amma- 'mother' / *am- 'to love' ? NPC 210, Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Fam |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Marcus, (H) Iunianus |
| General notes | The underlying element *am- 'to love' can be either Latin (cf. amāre) or Celtic, cf. nāmant- 'enemy' < *ne-amant- (DLG2: 231, EDPC 283); the suffix -uco(n) is recurrent in a few names attested in Noricum, e.g. Momucus, Samucus, Satuca, Cotuco. |
| Other attestations | ITA 1 (II IX/1, 204) HIS 6 (CIL II 880: Albocolensis, 5696, EE VIII 133, EE IX 292h, HAE 2083, ILER 6791) BEG 4 (CIL XIII 3620, 4059, 4176, 8152) PAN 2 (RIU 538, 1247) NOR1 (CIL III 11563), [A]mma PAN 1 (RIU 1197), Ama HIS 3 (CIL II 86 + IRCP 427, CIL II 5694, AEp 1973, 351) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7551), Amma[] RAE 1 (IBR 304), Anm[] DAC 0;1 (RMD 20) |
| Secondary literature | Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283, NPC 20 (Ammus, Ammo), 210, AlNor |