Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Messilla Attuci(i?) f(ilia) |
| Name (citation form) | Messilla |
| Source | ILLPRON 417 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Sankt Peter in Holz |
| Location (ancient) | Teurnia |
| Community | Lendorf |
| District, region | Spittal an der Drau |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2. h. 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | GP |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristically suffixed |
| 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 | illa |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comm / App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Attucius, (H) Venimarus, (FiL) Secco |
| General notes | cf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 767 (Mesio) |
| Other attestations | DAL 3 (CIL III 1872, 1901, 2791, 3105) PAN 1 (CIL III 3990), Messilus ITA 1 (CIL V 4536), Messilles (gen.) ITA 1 (CIL V 1438), Meddila BEG 1 (CIL XIII 6393), Meddilus BEG 1 (ILTG 439), Middilus BEG 1 (CIL XIII 6394: c(ivis) Mediomatr(icus)), Meddilius BEG 1 (CIL XIII 6534, 11689) |
| Secondary literature | Stüber 94 (Meddila), NPC 130, 133, 227, DLG2: 223, GPN 367, Kajanto 361, EDPC 268 |