Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bonia[ta]e

Name (citation form)Boniata
SourceIII 4900, ILLPRON 605
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Tiffen
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunitySteindorf am Ossiacher See
District, regionFeldkirchen
Population group
Date
Source of date
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
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations(H) Conconnus, (FiL) Senogus
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 10 (CIL III 4934, 5076, 5151, 5232, 5437, 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), 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