Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Montissius Mogianci

Name (citation form)Mogiancus
SourceIII 4944= 11520, ILLPRON 809
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Maria Saal
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationbahuvrihi compound ? (adjective + noun)
Prefix
First element*mogi- 'strong, powerful?', *mogeto- 'strong, forceful' ?
NPC 227, DLG2: 213, KGP 243
Second element*anco- 'ripper-tooth' or *ango- 'nape of the neck'
NPC 135, 211 (anco-), DLG2: 45 (ancorago)
Suffix
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldComb / App
Other
Relations(LSus) Montissius
General notesMeaning of compound: "having a strong ripper tooth". A different morphological segmentation would be possible, too: *mogi- + anco-suffix.
Other attestationsITA 1 (CIL V 1789) NOR 1 (CIL III 6491).
Secondary literatureLochner 108 (Mogia), NPC 135, 227, Meid 200, DLG2: 213, KGP 243, KP 465, 466, AlNor 236