Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Avetonia Veneria

Name (citation form)Auetonia
SourceIII 5540
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Salzburg
Location (ancient)Iuvavum
CommunitySalzburg
District, regionSalzburg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aui- 'wish, desire'
NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143
Second element
Suffixtonia
Stem classia
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldWish
Other
Relations(H) Honoratius
General notesregional context; pseudolatinised *auio- or pace KGP 117, 143 possible connection to Avetisso, Avectius < *Ad-vect- or pace Untermann: 115f. Messapian name
Other attestationsNOR 1 (CIL III 5571, ILLPRON 1533), [Av]etonia NOR (CIL III 5549, ILLPRON 1116)
Secondary literatureNPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 143