Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Viriondagicane Cummiae f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Viriondagicana*
SourceIII 4996, ILLPRON 422
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Sankt Donat
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunitySt. Veit an der Glan
District, regionSt. Veit an der Glan
Population group
Dateprob. 100 AD
Source of datePiccottini
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + metronym
Word formationtrimembric 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-)
Suffixa
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldComm, Fam, Anim
Other
Relations(F) Cummia, (H) [---]ounus ?, (S) Vitalis, (DiL) Crescentina
General notes
Other attestationsVironianus 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 literatureNPC 201, 215 (canu-, canauo-), 218, 236, DLG2: 101 (canauo) / 103 (cano-), 134, 321, GPN 188, 286, Meid 192, EDPC 86, AlNor 238