Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Caeliae C(ai) f(iliae) Ritullae ux(ori) |
| Name (citation form) | Ritulla* |
| Source | III 11739, ILLPRON 1441 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Voitsberg |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Voitsberg |
| District, region | Voitsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | early 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL, lupa |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 2 + patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristically suffixed |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *ritu-/*rito- 'run, course' or *ritu- 'glut, watering place' KGP 259, 258, DLG2: 259, 260 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | (u)lla Stüber 2007: 150, Lochner 30, Kajanto 128 |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comb? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (H) Quintus Veratius Iuventianus, (F) Caius |
| General notes | *ritu- 'run, course' is verbal noun belonging to *ret- 'to run'cf. Ir. verbal noun riuth, ruth (m. u-stem), W rhyd; the two nominal forms PIE *pr̥tu- 'glut' and PIE *r̥thu- coincided in PCelt. after loss of *p- (DLG2: 260). |
| Other attestations | Rituca NAR 1 (CIL XII 1714) |
| Secondary literature | Lochner 133f., NPC 230, DLG2: 33 (adret-), 256, GPN 249, Meid 114 (Reti-marus), 203, KP 538 |