Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Barbia P(ublii) l(iberta) Amma |
| Name (citation form) | Amma |
| Source | III 11563, ILLPRON 262 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Magdalensberg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Magdalensberg |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, possibly Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *amma- 'mother' / *am- 'to love' ? NPC 210, Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Fam |
| Other | |
| Relations | (LDus) Publius Barbius Spurius, (S) Rusticus, Cirro, Amphio, Boio |
| General notes | The underlying element *am- 'to love' can be either Latin (cf. amāre) or Celtic, cf. nāmant- 'enemy' < *ne-amant- (DLG2: 231, EDPC 283); the suffix -uco(n) is recurrent in a few names attested in Noricum, e.g. Momucus, Samucus, Satuca, Cotuco. |
| Other attestations | ITA 1 (II IX/1, 204) HIS 6 (CIL II 880: Albocolensis, 5696, EE VIII 133, EE IX 292h, HAE 2083, ILER 6791) BEG 4 (CIL XIII 3620, 4059, 4176, 8152) PAN 2 (RIU 538, 1247), [A]mma PAN 1 (RIU 1197), Ama HIS 3 (CIL II 86 + IRCP 427, CIL II 5694, AEp 1973, 315) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7551). |
| Secondary literature | Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283, NPC 20 (Ammus, Ammo), 210, AlNor |