Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Suaducia Boniati f(ilia) co(niux)

Name (citation form)Boniatus
SourceIII 5418, ILLPRON 1197
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Geisthal
Location (ancient)
CommunityGeisthal
District, regionVoitsberg
Population group
Datelate 1. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as 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
Suffixiato
Stem classo
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations(D) Suaducia, (SiL) Burrus
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 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 literatureLochner 34, NPC 45, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), AlNor 233