Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Bononiae [Ca?]ttunis fil(iae)

Name (citation form)Bononia
SourceILLPRON 1171, AE 1986, 542
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Feistritz
Location (ancient)
CommunityFeistritz
District, regionKnittelfeld
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + metronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*bono- 'village, establishment'
DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 214 (bouno- > bōno-)
Second element
Suffixonia
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldPlace
Other
Relations(M) Cattu, (FiL) Valentus
General notespace DLG2: 82 *bono- < *bhudhno-. Or with (dialectal) monophtongization of the ou-diphthong from *bouno-, *bōno- 'durable, prosperous'; cf. Stifter 2004 (FS Dobesch): 764
Other attestationsBEG 1 (CIL XIII 3290) NOR 2 (CIL III 5365, 14367), Bonon[ia] PAN 1 (RIU 52), [B]ononia BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7062a), Bononius Pan 2 (ILJ 310, RIU 539) DAC 1 (AEp 1914, 110) LVG 1 (CIL XIII 1833), Bonon(ius) PAN 2 (RIU 22,IV, 53).
Secondary literatureLochner 33f., Meid 258, DLG2: 82, KGP 154 (Bon-), Meid 258 (Bonio, Boniatus, Bononius), NPC 58, 214 (bouno- > bōno-), AlNor 233