Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Mesiae Parti f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Mesia
SourceIII 11578, ILLPRON 405
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Rottenstein
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityEbental
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population groupParthian?
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
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
Suffixia
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComm / App-Char
Other
Relations(F) Partus, (H) Loco, (FiL) Congonetus
General notescf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 767 (Mesio)
Other attestationsPAN 1 (CIL III 13426), Medsia NOR 1 (CIL III 4936), Messia NOR 2 (CIL III 11656, 11552) PAN 1 (CSIRÖ I/3, 350), Messius PAN 9 (CIL III 10199, 10506, 11111, ILJ 3097, RIU 414, 507, 989, 1247, AIJ 265) NOR 1 (CIL III 5174), Mess[ius] NOR 1 (CIL III 5302), Messi(us) PAN 1 (CIL III 1435820 ).
Secondary literatureMeid 277, NPC 131 (Medsia), 227, DLG2: 223, GPN 367, Kajanto 361, EDPC 268, RSW1: 199 (Medsia), AlNor