Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

C(aio) Mogian[co---]

Name (citation form)Mogiancus
SourceIII 11555, ILLPRON 582
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Tauchendorf
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityGlanegg
District, regionFeldkirchen
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typepseudo gentile ?
Use of nameL 3 ?
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
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComb / App
Other
Relations
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, 11520).
Secondary literatureLochner 108 (Mogia), NPC 135, 227, Meid 200, DLG2: 213, KGP 243, KP 465, 466, AlNor 236