Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

[Vi]benus [ ---]eni f(ilius)

Name (citation form)Vibenus
SourceAE 1992, 1327, lupa 1581
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialgranite
Date and origin
Location (modern)Schloss Herberstein
Location (ancient)
CommunitySankt Johann bei Herberstein
District, regionHartberg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*uiuo-, *uibo- 'withered' / *uīb- 'weave'
Meid 306f., 308, KGP 294, EDPC 425
Second element
Suffixeno
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldApp / Comm
Other
Relations
General notesPIE root *ueib- (IEW 1132) cf. Goth. weipan, Lat. vibrāre or 'weave' ?
Other attestationsVi[b]ena NOR 1 (CIL III 5105), Vi[be]na NOR 1 (Leber 312), Vibena NOR 3 (CIL III 11633, 14365-2, Leber 245), [V]ibena NOR 1 (CIL III 11743), [Vi]bena NOR 1 (RISt 294), Vibenna NOR 1 (RISt 318)m Vebenus (!) NOR 1 (CIL III 11635), Vibenu[s] NOR 1 (CIL III 5105), Vibenus PAN 1 (CIL III 4149) NOR 7 (CIL III 4993, 5026, 5034, 5035, 5104, 11749, RISt 149, V), [V]ibenus NOR 1 (RISt 317), [Vib?]enus NOR 1 (CIL III 11636)
Secondary literatureNPC 199 (Uibebos), 203 (Uiuinus), Meid 306f., 308, KGP 294, EDPC 425, Lochner 180f. (Vibenus,-a), Holder III 274, AlNor 238, Meid 306f., AlNor I 86, 333