Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

C(aio) Donnio Attico

Name (citation form)Donnius
SourceIII 5337, ILLPRON 1233
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Kaindorf
Location (ancient)
CommunityKaindorf
District, regionHartberg
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderm.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 3
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*don(n)o-, *doni- 1. 'noble', 2. 'brown'
NPC 220, DLG2: 146, GPN 194 / DLG2: 147, KGP 196f., Stüber 87
Second element
Suffixio
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classio
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldApp-Char
Other
Relations
General notescf. OIr. donn 'brown, dark'
Other attestationsITA 4 (CIL V 1052, 1195, 4421, II XI/2, 66) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 7717) NAR 3 (CIL XII 647, 1082, 1955) LVG 1 (CIL XIII 2570), Donnia ITA 1 (CIL V 5596) NAR (CIL XII 1761) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 530), Donneus NAR 1 (CIL XII 647), Donni(us) AQV 1 (CIL XIII 1676: Vellavus).
Secondary literatureNPC 88, Lochner 71, Kakoschke 55 (Donius), Stüber 55, 87 (Donnia), NPC 220, DLG2: 146, GPN 194 / DLG2: 147, KGP 196f., Stüber 87