Pseudogentiliz
Matronenstein from Hürth-Hermülheim , today in the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne. The names of the founder Quintus Iucundinius Verinus for his son Quintus Iucundinius are formed as pseudogentilizia.
A pseudogentiliz is a provincial formation of a Roman family name, i.e. a gentile name . The term itself is not ancient, but modern. Pseudogentilizia are derived from an often Latin cognomen . This is then ended with a different ending, for example with -ius instead of just -us or with -inius instead of just -inus (e.g. Frontinius instead of Frontinus , or, see picture, Iucundinius instead of Iucundinus ). Compilations of this name formation show a certain accumulation in Lower Germany . It can also be found in other regions, for example on the dedication of Tiberinius Celerianus discovered in the London Borough of Southwark .
literature
- Leo Weisgerber : The names of the Ubier. Scientific papers of the Working Group for Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 34. Westdeutscher Verlag Köln / Opladen 1968, pp. 135-138.
Remarks
- ↑ On the term pseudogentiliz for this type of name formation see e.g. Weisgerber p. 135 ff.