Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Viriondagicane Cummiae f(iliae) |
| Name (citation form) | Viriondagicana* |
| Source | III 4996, ILLPRON 422 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Sankt Donat |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | St. Veit an der Glan |
| District, region | St. Veit an der Glan |
| Population group | — |
| Date | prob. 100 AD |
| Source of date | Piccottini |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN + metronym |
| Word formation | trimembric compound [(a+b)+c]: meaning 'young animal of a good man' ? |
| Prefix | *u̯iro- 'man' or *u̯īro- 'true, righteous' + ion-suffix !? NPC 236, DLG2: 321, GPN 286 |
| First element | *dago- 'good' DLG2: 134, NPC 218, GPN 188, Meid 192, EDPC 86 |
| Second element | *canu- '?', *cano- 'reed', *canauo- 'young animal, baby-wolf' NPC 215 (canu-, canauo-), DLG2: 101 (canauo) / 103 (cano-) |
| Suffix | a |
| Stem class | a |
| Case | dat. sg. |
| Semantic field | Comm, Fam, Anim |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Cummia, (H) [---]ounus ?, (S) Vitalis, (DiL) Crescentina |
| General notes | — |
| Other attestations | Vironianus PAN 1 (RIU 927), Vironius HIS 2 (HAE 1344, CIL II,2/7, 856), Vironus HIS 7 (CIL II 5713, 5654, 5720, 6298, ERLara 14, HAE 784, 1340). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 201, 215 (canu-, canauo-), 218, 236, DLG2: 101 (canauo) / 103 (cano-), 134, 321, GPN 188, 286, Meid 192, EDPC 86, AlNor 238 |