Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Ategnat(a)e Amuronis f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Amuro
SourceIII 4732, ILLPRON 233
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Gmünd in Kärnten
Location (ancient)Teurnia
CommunityGmünd
District, regionSpittal an der Drau
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*am- 'to love' ?
NPC 210, Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283
Second element
Suffixuron
Stem classn
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
Relations(D) Ategnata, (SiL) Ateboduus
General notesThe underlying element *am- 'to love' can be either Latin (cf. amāre) or Celtic, cf. nāmant- 'enemy' < *ne-amant- (DLG2: 231, EDPC 283); the element -uro- is known from other personal names, e.g. Busturus*.
Other attestationsAmurus DAL 1 (CIL III 2207), Amura ITA 1 (Pais 186).
Secondary literatureNPC 20, 210, Meid 215, 216, 252, DLG2: 43, EDPC 283