Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Boius Boniati (filius)

Name (citation form)Boius
SourceIII 5417, ILLPRON 1192
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Geisthal
Location (ancient)
CommunityGeisthal
District, regionVoitsberg
Population groupBoian
Dateearly 2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageLatin or Celtic
Genderm.
Name type(ethnonym as) IN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*boio- 'Boian' or 'rowdy, fighter'?
Meid 222f., DLG2: 82, KGP 153
Second element
Suffix
Stem classo
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig / Comb?
Other
Relations(F) Boniatus, (W) Maxima, (FiL) Dievio
General notescf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 763
Other attestationsITA 1 (CIL V 579) PAN 1 (CIL III 14359-23), Boia ITA 1 (CIL V 7359)
Secondary literatureLochner 33, Meid 222f., DLG2: 82, KGP 153