Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Ael(ia) Amuca |
| Name (citation form) | Amuca |
| Source | AEAustr 2005, 121 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | flysch-sandstone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Zeiselmauer |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Zeiselmauer |
| District, region | Tulln |
| Population group | — |
| Date | 2./3. c. AD |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *am- 'to love' / *amma- 'mother' NPC 210, Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | uca Stüber 2007: 151 |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | App-Char |
| Other | |
| Relations | (H) Aelius Aemilius |
| 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 | PAN 1 (CIL III 10937), NOR 1 (AEA 1993/98, 187), Amuc[a] PAN 1 (Hild 156). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 20, 210, Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283 |