Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Vannian Lucci |
| Name (citation form) | Vannian |
| Source | III 11625 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Sankt Walburgen |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Eberstein |
| District, region | St. Veit an der Glan |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + patronym |
| Word formation | simple / hypocoristic shortening ? |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *uano- 'killer, murderer' NPC 235, DLG2: 306 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | ian |
| Stem class | n? |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Circ, Char, Comm |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Luccus |
| General notes | OPEL reads Vannianus (Nom.), CIL III,2 reads Vannian(i), but there is no i visible in the inscription. Thus, we interpret Vannian as a nom.sg.; NPC 235: *uano- < *uono- < PIE *gwhono- 'murderer, killer'. |
| Other attestations | Vannius BEG 2 (Nesselhauf 110, 223) PAN 2 (CIL III 4149, 4224) NOR 1 (RISt 299), Vanius PAN 1 (RIU 899). |
| Secondary literature | AlNor (Vannianus), Meid 303f. (Vannius), NPC 189 (Vannius) |