Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Vibianus

Name (citation form)Vibianus
SourceIII 4762, ILLPRON 699
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Villach
Location (ancient)
Community
District, regionVillach-Stadt
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*uiuo-, *uibo- 'withered' / *uīb- 'weave'
Meid 306f., 308, KGP 294, EDPC 425
Second element
Suffixiano
Kajanto 109
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldApp / Comm
Other
Relations
General notesPIE root *ueib- (IEW 1132) cf. Goth. weipan, Lat. vibrāre or 'weave' ?
Other attestationsITA 4 (CIL V 4490, 6502, 6643, 6950) HIS 2 (CIL II 1947, Con. 74) DAL 2 (CIL III 2683, 14873) PAN 7 (CIL III 4149, 10458, 10517, 14348, 15154, AE 1967, 364, RIU 485) NOR 5 (CIL III 4778, 4781, 5040, RISt 119, 165) BRI 0;1 (RIB 2042) MSV 1 (IMS II 61), Vibian(us) HIS 1 (CIL II²/5, 733), Vibia[nus] MIN 1 (CIL III 6179), Vibiana ITA 2 (CIL V 137, 1458), Vibian[ ]DAL 1 (ILJ 2025(4534)).
Secondary literatureLochner 181f., Meid 306f., 308 (Vibenus), KGP 294, EDPC 425, AlNor