Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Sapliae Optatae

Name (citation form)Saplia*
SourceIII 5606
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materiallimestone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Köppach-Atzbach
Location (ancient)
CommunitySchwanenstadt
District, regionVöcklabruck
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderf.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*sapo- 'fir'
NPC 231, DLG2: 267f., Meid 283
Second element
Suffixlia
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldPlant
Other
Relations(F) Lucius Saplius Optatus, (GFf) Lucius Saplius Agrippa
General notesnames in Sap(p)-: regional context, DLG2: 267 cites PN Sappulus and Sapalus, from which Saplia* might be a simple motion feminine with syncope of the middle vowel.
Other attestationsSaplia NOR 1 (CIL III 5589), Saplius NOR 2 (CIL III 5606 [2])
Secondary literatureNPC 160, 231, DLG2: 267f., Meid 283