Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Poblicia Mellita

Name (citation form)Mellita
SourceIII 4955, ILLPRON 835
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Magdalensberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMagdalensberg
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*meliđđo-, *melisso-, *melito- 'sweet, honey'
DLG2: 224, NPC 227
Second element
Suffix(t?)a
Stem classa
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
Relations
General notes
Other attestationsMellitus PAN 1 (CIL III 3538), Melissa 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), Meli[ssa NOR 1 (CIL 5462).
Secondary literatureAlNor 235, NPC 131, 227, DLG2: 224