Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Muntissius Privati (filius)

Name (citation form)Muntissius
SourceIII 5478, ILLPRON 1226
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Judenburg
Location (ancient)Virunum
Community
District, regionJudenburg
Population group
Date2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL, Weber (lupa)
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationhypocoristically suffixed
Prefix
First element*monto- / *munto- ? '?'
Lochner 108, 110
Second element
Suffixissio
Holder II 80f., Dottin 109, KGP 41, Stüber 2007: 151, Kajanto 129
Stem classio
Casenom. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(F) Privatus, (W) Quinta, (FiL) Aspro
General notesvariant of Montissius (Lochner 110); for the spelling variation of o and u, see Dottin 59; regional context: Montissius / Muntissius attested in Noricum only. Lochner claims an etymological connection to OIr. méit 'quantity' < *manti- (LEIA M-31).
Other attestationsMontissius NOR 2 (CIL III 4944, RISt 262)
Secondary literatureLochner 108, 110