Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Ulpiae Romuli f(iliae) Oecciae

Name (citation form)Oeccia*
SourceIII 48833, ILLPRON 399
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Rosendorf
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
Word formationhypocoristic name?
Prefix
First element*oco(n)- '?' or *oico- < *ouico- ? cf. Oico (CIL III 11745).
NPC 228
Second element
Suffixia
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic field?
Other
Relations(H) Quintus Aurelius Macer, (F) Romulus
General notesIt is unclear which diphthong / vowel underlies the spelling . Improbable < *poico- 'enemy' (cf. OIr. oech - but note its scarce attestation), IEW 795, Lochner 116. root of If the element begins with /oc-/ it might be a continuant of PIE *h2ek^-/h2ok^- 'sharp, edge' (OIr. ochair, Lat. ocris, Gr. ókris) (DLG2: 237).
Other attestationsOccia NAR 1 (CIL XII 4119) NOR 1 (RISt 217), Occius ITA 2 (Pais 1196 [2]) NAR 2 (CIL XII 5214 + p. 854, E 238)
Secondary literatureAlNor 236, Lochner 115 (Occia), NPC 144 (Ocia), 228