Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Veranus Sammi (filius)

Name (citation form)Sammus
SourceIII 5052, ILLPRON 1291
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materiallimestone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Neudeck
Location (ancient)
CommunityDürnstein
District, regionMurau
Population group
Datelate 1. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as 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
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldBirth?
Other
Relations(S) Veranus
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 (ILLPRON 1242, 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