Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Covnerta Mosgaiti (filia)

Name (citation form)Mosgaitus
SourceIII 4903, ILLPRON 380
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Pulst
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityLiebenfels
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationcompound, not further determinable
Prefix
First element*mosi- ? '?'
Lochner 109, KGP 245 (Mosi-caitus)
Second element*caito- 'wood, forest'
NPC 214, DLG2: 97
Suffix
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(D) Covnerta, (GS) Massatus Babbecius
General notesnote the writing of for in the onset of the second compound member and the syncope of -i-.
Other attestations[Mo]sgaitius NOR 1 (Leber 307), Mosgaito NOR 1 (CIL III 5033), Mos{i}caitus NOR 1 (CIL III 4983).
Secondary literatureKGP 245, NPC 136, 214, DLG2: 97, AlNor 236 [2]