Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Mercusenae

Name (citation form)Mercusena*
SourceIII 5702 = 11828 + p. 1049
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Arnoldstein
Location (ancient)Teurnia
CommunityArnoldstein
District, regionVillach-Land
Population group—
Date—
Source of date—
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationbahuvrihi (?) compound (noun + adjective)
Prefix—
First element*marco- 'horse'
NPC 226, DLG2: 217, KGP 237
Second element*seno- 'old'
NPC 231, DLG2: 270, KGP 266f., GPN 375f., Meid 205f., EDPC 330
Suffixa
Kajanto 105
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldAge, Anim
Other
Relations(H) Lucius Tapurius Vestalus, (S) Lucius Tapurius
General notescf. PN Marcosena (KGP 237). Writing of root vowel as remains unclear. Moreover, the u-vowel in the "Kompositionsfuge" is remarkable, as to *marco- 'horse' being an o-stem in Celtic as far as we know. Translation of the name "the one whose horses are old / with old horses" or less likely "as old as a horse".
Other attestationsMercussena ITA 2 (CIL V 1390[2]), Mercusenus ITA 1 (II X/4, 44) PAN 1 (CIL III 11228), Mercusenia Pan 1 (CIL III 13426), Mercusin(us) ITA 1 (CIL V 625).
Secondary literatureAlNor