Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Sex(tio) Sa[m]miano |
| Name (citation form) | Sammianus* |
| 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 2 |
| 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 | iano Kajanto 109 |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Birth? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (M) Potta, (F) Marcus Sextius Samus, (GFm) Crotus, (GFf) Marcus Sextius Vettonianus, (GMf) Vinda, (GGFf) Tertius |
| General notes | probably short name from compound in Samo-° + Latin suffix -iano-, cf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 768 (Samuus, Samuda) |
| Other attestations | [Vide Samus (CIL III 11806, ILLPRON 887), cf. OPEL IV 46.] |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 139, NPC 159, 231 / DLG2: 267, Meid 240f., KGP 264, GPN 252, Stüber 99f., EDPC 321, AlNor |