Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Sammus Mascli f(ilius)

Name (citation form)Sammus
SourceILLPRON 1242
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kalsdorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKalsdorf
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
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
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldBirth?
Other
Relations(F) Masclus
General notesprobably short name from compound in Samo-°, cf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 768 (Samuus, Samuda)
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