Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Mosicu Adsedili (filia)

Name (citation form)Mosicu
SourceIII 5373, ILLPRON 1440
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Veitsberg
Location (ancient)
CommunityProleb
District, regionLeoben
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple / short name
Prefix
First element*mosi- ? '?'
Lochner 109, KGP 245 (Mosi-caitus)
Second element
Suffix(i)con
Stem classn
Casenom. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(F) Adsedilus
General noteseither simple name with suffix -co-n- > Celt. -cu or shortening of a formerly compound name, cf. Mosicaito, Mosgaiti (CIL III 4983). KGP 245 claims "Illyrian" origin of the name due to its lack of etymological connections in Gaulish.
Other attestationsNOR 1 (Leber 268)
Secondary literatureLochner 109, KGP 245 (Mosi-caitus)