Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Sonn[ius] Quinti f(ilius) |
| Name (citation form) | Sonn(ius)* |
| Source | ILLPRON 367 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Prebl |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Wolfsberg |
| District, region | Wolfsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | mid 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | GP |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Latin or Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym |
| Word formation | hypocoristic shortening? |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *sōno- < *souno- 'sleep' NPC 232, DLG2: 280, EDPC 351 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | io |
| Stem class | io? |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | ? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Quintus, (S) Counertus, (D) Maccona |
| General notes | if Latin, cf. sonus 'sound'; if Celtic, with Gaulish monophthongisation of ou > ō, derived from Pre-Celtic *sopno- 'sleep, dream' (cf. OIr. súan, MW hun.) |
| Other attestations | Sonn[ ] BEG 1 (CIL XIII 3539), Sonus NOR 2 (AE 1940, 46, Leber 270) |
| Secondary literature | NPC 171, 232, DLG2: 280, EDPC 351, AlNor 237 |