Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Cantiae L(ucii) f(iliae) Boniatae

Name (citation form)Boniata
SourceIII 5437.5438 cf. p. 1836, ILLPRON 1212
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Graz/St.Leonhard
Location (ancient)
CommunityGraz
District, regionSteiermark
Population group
Datecirca 100 AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2 + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bono- 'village, establishment'
DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 214 (bouno- > bōno-)
Second element
Suffixiata
Stem classa
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations(F) Lucius Cantius Secundus, (M) Cantia Iuni filia Bonia
General notespace DLG2: 82 *bono- < *bhudhno-. Or with (dialectal) monophtongization of the ou-diphthong from *bouno-, *bōno- 'durable, prosperous'.
Other attestationsPAN 1 (RIU 1004) NOR 9 (CIL III 4934, 5076, 5151, 5232, 5242, 5282, ILJ 365, Leber 230, RISt 119), [Bo]niata NOR 1 (AIJ 120), Boniatus PAN 2 (CIL III 3930, 10802) NOR 6 (CIL III 4791, 5265, 5417, 5418, 11699, AIJ 13), Bonia(ta) NOR 1 (CIL III 5074), Bonia[t]a NOR 1 (CIL III 4900), Bon[i]ata NOR 1 (CIL III 4768)
Secondary literatureLochner 34, NPC 45, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), AlNor 233