Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Autoscutto Montissi f(ilio)

Name (citation form)Montissius
SourceILLPRON 1433
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Triebendorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityTriebendorf
District, regionMurau
Population group
Date1. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationhypocoristically suffixed
Prefix
First element*monto- ? '?', *manto- 'jaw, muzzle, mouth(piece)'
Lochner 108f., 110, NPC 226, DLG2: 216, Meid 148, LEIA, M-31f.
Second element
Suffixissio
Holder II 80f., Dottin 109, KGP 41, Stüber 2007: 151, Kajanto 129
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldApp ?
Other
Relations(S) Autoscuttus, (DiL) Septima
General notesregional context: Montissius / Muntissius attested in Noricum only. Lochner claims an etymological connection to OIr. méit 'quantity' < *manti- (LEIA M-31) with vowel variation o ~ a after nasal (cf. Loth RC 40, 1923, 380).
Other attestationsNOR 1 (CIL III 4944), Muntissius (!) NOR 1 (RISt 109)
Secondary literatureAlNor 236, Lochner 108f., 110, NPC 226, DLG2: 216, Meid 148, LEIA, M-31f.