Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Messtrio Primiano |
| Name (citation form) | Mes{s}trius* |
| Source | III 4943 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | white marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Maria Saal |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum-Stadt |
| Community | Maria Saal |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | pseudo gentile |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *messi-, *messu-, *međđi-, *međđu-, *meds-, *meθθ- 'judgement' or 'measure' ? / *messo- 'bad, worst' ? NPC 227, DLG2: 223, GPN 367, Kajanto 361, EDPC 268 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | (t)rio |
| Stem class | io |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comm / App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Mestrius Attianus, (Br) Mestrius Secundinus |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | Mestrius BEG 1 (AE 1965, 254 = Schillinger-Häfele 62), PAN 1 (CIL III 3530), DAC 1 (Kerényi 2262), MIN 1 (CIL III 14424), MSV 5 (IMS II 53 [2], IMS IV 37, IMS VI 50, 99), ITA 12 (CIL V 2242, 2507, 4077, 4225, 4896 [2], 4923, 5164, 5297, 6446, 8905, Pais 776), NOR 1 (CIL III 4943), DAC 1 (CIL III 1005), LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2983), [Μ]έστριος MIN 1 (IGBulg 500), Mestriu[s] MSV 1 (IMS II 53), Mestr( ) PAN 1 (CIL III 3277), Mestria ITA 7 (CIL V 1299, 2242, 4398, 6380, 6381, 7052, 7098), Μέστριος MIN 1 (IGBulg 697), Mes[trius] ITA 1 (CIL V 5871), Mestri(us) ITA 2 (CIL V 2993, 5871), PAN 1 (CIL III 12031,5), MIN 1 (ILBulg 179), Mestri[us] ITA 1 (CIL V 2217), [M]estrius NOR 2 (CIL III 4869 [2]), [Me]str[i]us LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2983), [Mestr]ius NOR 1 (CIL III 4943) |
| Secondary literature | NPC 227, DLG2: 223, GPN 367, Kajanto 361, EDPC 268 |