Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Boniata

Name (citation form)Boniata
SourceIII 5468, p. 1837, ILLPRON 1254
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kobenz
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityKobenz
District, regionKnittelfeld
Population group
Date2. 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
Suffixiata
Stem classa
Casenom.sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations(H) Vibius, (FiL) Elvisianus, (S) Vibianus
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, 5285, 5437, ILJ 365, Leber 230), Bon[i]ata NOR 1 (CIL III 4768), Bonia[t]a NOR 1 (CIL III 4900), Bonia(ta) NOR 1 (CIL III 5074), [Bo]niata NOR 1 (AIJ 120), Boniatus PAN 2 (CIL III 3930, 10802) NOR 6 (CIL III 4791, 5265, 5417, 5418, 11699, AIJ 13).
Secondary literatureLochner 34, NPC 45, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), AlNor 233