Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Avetoniae Romane

Name (citation form)Auetonia
SourceIII 5571, ILLPRON 1533
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Lueg/Grabenstätt
Location (ancient)
CommunityTraunstein
District, regionBayern
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + ethnonym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aui- 'wish, desire'
NPC 212, DLG2: 60, Meid 219, KGP 143
Second element
Suffixtonia
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldWish
Other
Relations(S) Secundus
General notesregional context; different reading: Aveton(t)iae (Vollmer); pseudolatinised *auio- or pace KGP 117, 143 possible connection to Avetisso, Avectius < *Ad-vect- or pace Untermann: 115f. Messapian name;
Other attestationsAvetonia NOR 1 (CIL III 5540).
Secondary literatureNPC 34, 212, DLG2: 61, Meid 219, KGP 143