Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Vibenus |
| Name (citation form) | Vibenus |
| Source | AE 1992, 1313, lupa 4832 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | dedicatory |
| Material | light limestone |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Ruprechtshofen |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Ruprechtshofen |
| District, region | Melk |
| Population group | — |
| Date | probably 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | prob. Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *uiuo-, *uibo- 'withered' / *uīb- 'weave' Meid 306f., 308, KGP 294, EDPC 425 |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | eno |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | App / Comm |
| Other | |
| Relations | — |
| General notes | PIE root *ueib- (IEW 1132) cf. Goth. weipan, Lat. vibrāre or 'weave' ? |
| Other attestations | Vivenus NOR 1 (CIL III 5550), Vivenia PAN 1 (CIL III 3661), DAC 1 (IDR II 135), Vivennia HIS 1 (CIL II 134), Vivens HIS 1 (RIT 429), Vibenus PAN 1 (CIL III 4149), NOR 8 (CIL III 4993, 5026, 5034, 5035, 5104, 11743, 11749, RISt 149,V), Vi[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), Vebenus NOR 1 (CIL III 11635), Vibe[nus] NOR 1 (Leber 245), Vibenu[s] NOR 1 (CIL III 5105), [V]ibenus NOR 1 [RISt 317), [Vib?]enus NOR 1 (CIL III 11636). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 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 |