Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Nemetomar(us) Crottae fil(ius) |
| Name (citation form) | Nemetomarus* |
| Source | III 4945, ILLPRON 207 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Kraig |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Frauenstein |
| District, region | St. Veit an der Glan |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + metronym |
| Word formation | tatpurusa or armstrong (inversed bahuvrihi) (?) compound (noun + adjective) |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *nemeto- 'sanctuary' NPC 228, DLG2: 233, KGP 248, EDPC 288, Stüber 59, 69, 99 (Nemetogena), Meid 112f. |
| Second element | *māro- 'great' DLG2: 218f., NPC 226, GPN 223, Meid 92, KGP 238, EDPC 258 |
| Suffix | — |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comm |
| Other | |
| Relations | (M) Crotta, (W) Epatia Ante, (FiL) Conbogius |
| General notes | tatpurusa compound: 'great with sanctuaries' or armstrong (inversed bahuvrihi) compound: 'the one whose sanctuary is big' |
| Other attestations | [N]emetomarus NOR 1 (AE 1973, 394), Nemetomara PAN 1 (ILJ 325), Nemeta NOR 2 (AIJ 4, Leber 159), [N]emeta NOR 1 (Leber 247), Nemetaius NOR 1 (Leber 112), Nemeto NOR 2 (CIL III 4945, 5109), Nemetogena AQV 1 (CIL XIII 603), Nemetocen[a] AQV 1 (CIL XIII 806). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 140, 226, 228, DLG2: 218f., 233, KGP 238, 248, EDPC 258, 288, Stüber 59, 69, 99 (Nemetogena), Meid 92, 112f., GPN 223, AlNor 236 (Nemeto), RSW2: 13, 22 |