Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Aur(elius) Boniatus

Name (citation form)Boniatus
SourceIII 4791, ILLPRON 632
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptiondedicatory
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Zollfeld/Töltschach
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMaria Saal
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typecognomen
Use of nameL 2
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
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations
General notespace DLG2: 82 *bono- < *bhudhno-. Or with (dialectal) monophtongization of the ou-diphthong from *bouno-, *bōno- 'durable, prosperous'.
Other attestationsBoniata PAN 1 (RIU 1004) NOR 11 (CIL III 5437, 4934, 4768, 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 5265, 5417, 5418, 11699, AIJ 13), Bonia(ta) NOR 1 (CIL III 5074), Bonia[t]a NOR 1 (CIL III 4900).
Secondary literatureLochner 34, NPC 45, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), AlNor 76