Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Boniae

Name (citation form)Bonia
SourceIII 5444, ILLPRON 1319
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Stift Rein
Location (ancient)
CommunityEisbach
District, regionGraz-Umgebung
Population group
Date1./2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bono- 'village, establishment'
DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 214 (bouno- > bōno-)
Second element
Suffixia
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations(H) Vercaius Titus
General notespace DLG2: 82 *bono- < *bhudhno-. Or with (dialectal) monophtongization of the ou-diphthong from *bouno-, *bōno- 'durable, prosperous'.
Other attestationsNOR 4 (CIL III 5074, 5107, 5437, 11595)
Secondary literatureLochner 33f., Meid 258, DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 58, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), AlNor