Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

M(arco) S(exto) S[a]m(o)

Name (citation form)Sam(m)us
SourceIII 5663 = 11806, ILLPRON 887
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)St. Leonhard am Forst
Location (ancient)
CommunitySt. Leonhard am Forst
District, regionMelk
Population group
Date
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 3
Word formationhypocoristic 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
Suffixo
Stem classo
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldBirth ?
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 notesprobably short name from compound in Samo-°
Other attestationsBEG 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 literatureLochner 139, NPC 159, 231 / DLG2: 267, Meid 240f., KGP 264, GPN 252, Stüber 99f., EDPC 321, AlNor