Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bo(ttius?) Aventinus

Name (citation form)Bo(ttius)*
SourceILLPRON 1469
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialsandstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Solva
Location (ancient)
Community
District, regionLeibnitz
Population group
Date2. - 3. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 2
Word formationhypocoristic shortening
Prefix
First element*boduo- 'a (royston-) crow' / 'witch' / 'war-goddess'
GPN 59f., NPC 213, DLG2: 81, GPN 151
Second element
Suffixio
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classio
Casenom. sg. ?
Semantic fieldAnim / Theo
Other
Relations
General notes
Other attestationsBottius ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286) NOR 4 (CIL III 11566 [3], Leber 159), Botti[us] NOR 1 (CIL III 11566), Bot[tius] ITA 1 (AEp 1968, 286), Bottia NAR 1 (CIL XII 4112) NOR 2 (Leber 159 [2]), [B]ottia NOR 1 (CIL III 4915).
Secondary literatureLochner 34f., NPC 46, 213, GPN 59f., DLG2: 81, GPN 151