Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Messtrio Primiano

Name (citation form)Mes{s}trius*
SourceIII 4943
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Maria Saal
Location (ancient)Virunum-Stadt
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageunknown, possibly Celtic
Genderm.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*messi-, *messu-, *međđi-, *međđu-, *meds-, *meθθ- 'judgement' or 'measure' ? / *messo- 'bad, worst' ?
NPC 227, DLG2: 223, GPN 367, Kajanto 361, EDPC 268
Second element
Suffix(t)rio
Stem classio
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComm / App-Char
Other
Relations(F) Mestrius Attianus, (Br) Mestrius Secundinus
General notes
Other attestationsMestrius BEG 1 (AE 1965, 254 = Schillinger-Häfele 62), PAN 1 (CIL III 3530), DAC 1 (Kerényi 2262), MIN 1 (CIL III 14424), MSV 5 (IMS II 53 [2], IMS IV 37, IMS VI 50, 99), ITA 12 (CIL V 2242, 2507, 4077, 4225, 4896 [2], 4923, 5164, 5297, 6446, 8905, Pais 776), NOR 1 (CIL III 4943), DAC 1 (CIL III 1005), LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2983), [Μ]έστριος MIN 1 (IGBulg 500), Mestriu[s] MSV 1 (IMS II 53), Mestr( ) PAN 1 (CIL III 3277), Mestria ITA 7 (CIL V 1299, 2242, 4398, 6380, 6381, 7052, 7098), Μέστριος MIN 1 (IGBulg 697), Mes[trius] ITA 1 (CIL V 5871), Mestri(us) ITA 2 (CIL V 2993, 5871), PAN 1 (CIL III 12031,5), MIN 1 (ILBulg 179), Mestri[us] ITA 1 (CIL V 2217), [M]estrius NOR 2 (CIL III 4869 [2]), [Me]str[i]us LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2983), [Mestr]ius NOR 1 (CIL III 4943)
Secondary literatureNPC 227, DLG2: 223, GPN 367, Kajanto 361, EDPC 268