Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Boius Boniati (filius) |
| Name (citation form) | Boniatus |
| Source | III 5417, ILLPRON 1192 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Geisthal |
| Location (ancient) | — |
| Community | Geisthal |
| District, region | Voitsberg |
| Population group | — |
| Date | early 2. c. AD |
| Source of date | CIL |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *bono- 'village, establishment' DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 214 (bouno- > bōno-) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | iato |
| Stem class | o |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Place |
| Other | |
| Relations | (F) Boniatus, (W) Maxima, (FiL) Dievio |
| General notes | pace DLG2: 82 *bono- < *bhudhno-. Or with (dialectal) monophtongization of the ou-diphthong from *bouno-, *bōno- 'durable, prosperous'. |
| Other attestations | PAN 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 5 (CIL III 4791, 5265, 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 literature | Lochner 34, NPC 45, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), AlNor 233 |