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ia universitatis D(is) M(anibus) of peregrine or slave status who later acquired ci-
onomastical analysis of inscr iptions from koper and its vicint y 81 Celotis tizenship.
Naevola
Mater The datation of this monument can be asser-
“To the spirits of the dead, Celotis Naevola, ted on the basis of the use of DM abbreviation,
mother” which can date it in the 1st AD.
This funerary monument mentions only
one female person, the deceased Celotis Naevo- Funerary monument to Lucius Herennius
la. Her name is written in common onomastic and Lucius Priscus
formula for women, which indicates that she was This monument is also only preserved in form of
a Roman citizen. Both her nomen gentile and cog- a drawing which depicts a stella with many crac-
nomen are very rare. ks and its right side cut-off (Inscr. It. X. 3. 19; CIL
Nomen gentile Celotis is attested only in this V 499). It was supposedly found in the wall of the
inscription.87 Episcopal garden. It is now considered lost. The in-
The form Gelotis is attested in the survi- scription reads:
ving drawing of the inscription, which is also
quite rare but a broad outline of the name can L(ucius) Here[nnius--]
be discerned. It is found only in Italy and three Pup(inia) i[---]
inscriptions mention it, all in genitive case and v(ivus) f(ecit) s(ibi)
concerning mostly former slaves.88 However, the et L(ucio) Pu[---]
name is also mentioned on numerous brick stamps Prisc[co---]
found in Rome. They are related to Tiberius Servi- “Lucius Herennius, of the Pupinia tribe,
lius Gelos who worked for figlina Caepioniana in made it for himself while still alive and for
the beginning of the 2nd century AD.89 Lucius Pu[---] Priscus”
Although it is hard to find a connection This monument mentions two male persons
between all these inscriptions and their forms but the damage and subsequent loss of the stone
with the one from Koper, in the widest sense it plate makes the reconstruction of the names di-
can be concluded that this name and forms of fficult.
this name are found among former slaves. First person mentioned is Lucius He-
Cognomen Naevola is also found in only one rennius.
other inscription.90 It is likely that her cognomen His praenomen, Lucius, is one of 18 most
comes from the Latin word for mole or wart91 common Roman names.
as giving nicknames for physical attributes was Nomen gentile Herennius is very frequent
very common in Roman times.92 in the western provinces and Italy.93 The family
With both nomen gentile and cognomen be- name comes from gens Herennia. It was a plebei-
ing very rare, it is possible that this individual was an family of Samnite origin, whose members be-
came very influential and held important po-
87 Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et Galliae litical and military offices. They even entered
Cisalpinae, 58; Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinciarum Europae Latina- imperial families as the wife of emperor Decius
rum, vol. II, 18. was Herennia Etruscilla.94 The name is conside-
red to be of Latin origin.95
88 CIL V 6808, AE 2001,576 and CIL XI 6712.
89 John P. Bodel, Roman Brick Stamps in the Kelsey Museum (Ann Ar- 93 Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et Galliae
Cisalpinae, 143; Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinciarum Europae Lati-
bor: University of Michigan Press, 1983), 25. narum, vol. II, 178-179.
90 In the masculine form Naevolus - CIL V 6447.
91 Lat. naevus, -i, m. mole, wart. 94 Smith, A Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Antiquities, 406-407.
92 Kajanto, The Latin Cognomina, 245; Matijašić, Uvod u latinsku epigrafi- 95 Alföldy, Die Personennamen in der Römischen Provinz Dalmatia,
ju, 61. 335.
onomastical analysis of inscr iptions from koper and its vicint y 81 Celotis tizenship.
Naevola
Mater The datation of this monument can be asser-
“To the spirits of the dead, Celotis Naevola, ted on the basis of the use of DM abbreviation,
mother” which can date it in the 1st AD.
This funerary monument mentions only
one female person, the deceased Celotis Naevo- Funerary monument to Lucius Herennius
la. Her name is written in common onomastic and Lucius Priscus
formula for women, which indicates that she was This monument is also only preserved in form of
a Roman citizen. Both her nomen gentile and cog- a drawing which depicts a stella with many crac-
nomen are very rare. ks and its right side cut-off (Inscr. It. X. 3. 19; CIL
Nomen gentile Celotis is attested only in this V 499). It was supposedly found in the wall of the
inscription.87 Episcopal garden. It is now considered lost. The in-
The form Gelotis is attested in the survi- scription reads:
ving drawing of the inscription, which is also
quite rare but a broad outline of the name can L(ucius) Here[nnius--]
be discerned. It is found only in Italy and three Pup(inia) i[---]
inscriptions mention it, all in genitive case and v(ivus) f(ecit) s(ibi)
concerning mostly former slaves.88 However, the et L(ucio) Pu[---]
name is also mentioned on numerous brick stamps Prisc[co---]
found in Rome. They are related to Tiberius Servi- “Lucius Herennius, of the Pupinia tribe,
lius Gelos who worked for figlina Caepioniana in made it for himself while still alive and for
the beginning of the 2nd century AD.89 Lucius Pu[---] Priscus”
Although it is hard to find a connection This monument mentions two male persons
between all these inscriptions and their forms but the damage and subsequent loss of the stone
with the one from Koper, in the widest sense it plate makes the reconstruction of the names di-
can be concluded that this name and forms of fficult.
this name are found among former slaves. First person mentioned is Lucius He-
Cognomen Naevola is also found in only one rennius.
other inscription.90 It is likely that her cognomen His praenomen, Lucius, is one of 18 most
comes from the Latin word for mole or wart91 common Roman names.
as giving nicknames for physical attributes was Nomen gentile Herennius is very frequent
very common in Roman times.92 in the western provinces and Italy.93 The family
With both nomen gentile and cognomen be- name comes from gens Herennia. It was a plebei-
ing very rare, it is possible that this individual was an family of Samnite origin, whose members be-
came very influential and held important po-
87 Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et Galliae litical and military offices. They even entered
Cisalpinae, 58; Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinciarum Europae Latina- imperial families as the wife of emperor Decius
rum, vol. II, 18. was Herennia Etruscilla.94 The name is conside-
red to be of Latin origin.95
88 CIL V 6808, AE 2001,576 and CIL XI 6712.
89 John P. Bodel, Roman Brick Stamps in the Kelsey Museum (Ann Ar- 93 Mócsy, Nomenclator provinciarum Europae Latinarum et Galliae
Cisalpinae, 143; Lőrincz, Onomasticon provinciarum Europae Lati-
bor: University of Michigan Press, 1983), 25. narum, vol. II, 178-179.
90 In the masculine form Naevolus - CIL V 6447.
91 Lat. naevus, -i, m. mole, wart. 94 Smith, A Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Antiquities, 406-407.
92 Kajanto, The Latin Cognomina, 245; Matijašić, Uvod u latinsku epigrafi- 95 Alföldy, Die Personennamen in der Römischen Provinz Dalmatia,
ju, 61. 335.
