Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | M(arco) S(exto) S[a]m(o) |
| Name (citation form) | Sam(m)us |
| Source | III 5663 = 11806, ILLPRON 887 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | St. Leonhard am Forst |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | St. Leonhard am Forst |
| District, region | Melk |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 3 |
| Word formation | hypocoristic short name? |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *sam- 'one, together' / *samo- 'summer' / *sāmo- 'calm' NPC 231 / DLG2: 267, Meid 240f., KGP 264, GPN 252, Stüber 99f., EDPC 321 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | o |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Birth ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (W) Potta, (S) Sextius Sammianus, (FiL) Crotus, (F) Marcus Sextius Vettonianus, (M) Vinda, (GFm)Tertius, (Br) Marcus Sextius Sextianus, Publius Aelius Marcianus, (SisiL) Avita |
| General notes | probably short name from compound in Samo-° |
| Other attestations | BEG 1 (CIL XIII 8607) NAR 1 (CIL XII 2808) PAN 1 (CSIRÖ I/3, 285) NOR 5 (CIL III 5052, Leber 173, RISt 302, 329, 332) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 1341), [Sam?]mus NOR 1 (RISt 290), Samma NOR 2 (CIL III 5372, Leber 139). |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 139, NPC 159, 231 / DLG2: 267, Meid 240f., KGP 264, GPN 252, Stüber 99f., EDPC 321, AlNor |