Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Rufius Mosgaito

Name (citation form)Mosgaito
SourceIII 5033, ILLPRON 154
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Hüttenberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityHüttenberg
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationcompound, not further determinable
Prefix
First element*mosi- ? '?'
KGP 245
Second element*caito- 'wood, forest'
NPC 214, DLG2: 97
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casenom. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(W) Iulia Ingenua, (S) Eburus, (DiL) Ingenua
General notesNote the syncope of -i- in the first compound member.
Other attestations[Mo]sgaitius NOR 1 (Leber 307), Mosgaitus NOR 1 (CIL III 4903), Mos{i}caitus NOR 1 (CIL III 4983).
Secondary literatureKGP 245, NPC 136, 214, DLG2: 97, AlNor 236 [2]