Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Maximae Dievionis f(iliae)

Name (citation form)Dievio*
SourceIII 5417, ILLPRON 1192
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Geisthal
Location (ancient)
CommunityGeisthal
District, regionVoitsberg
Population group
Dateearly 2. c. AD
Source of dateCIL
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN as patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*dieuo-, *dēuo- 'God, divine'
DLG2: 142, NPC 219, GPN 191, EDPC 96
Second element
Suffixion
Kajanto 120
Stem classn
Casegen. sg.
Semantic fieldTheo?
Other
Relations(D) Maxima, (H) Boius, (FiL) Boniatus
General notesprobably belonging to Celt. *dēuo- 'God, divine' < PIE *deiuo-, but writing as remains unclear.
Other attestationsDevo PAN 1 (RIU 1148), Devontia PAN 1 (AIJ 189)
Secondary literatureLochner 69, DLG2: 142, NPC 219, GPN 191, EDPC 96