Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

[Hel(viae)?] Bouniae

Name (citation form)Heluia
SourceIII 11481, ILLPRON 74
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialstone
Date and origin
Location (modern)Achomitz
Location (ancient)Teurnia
CommunityHohenturn
District, regionVillach-Land
Population groupHelvetian?
Date90-110
Source of datelupa
Linguistic notes
Languageprob. Celtic
Genderf.
Name typepseudo gentile
Use of nameL 2
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*eluo- 'numerous'
DLG2: 162, NPC 221
Second element
Suffixia
KGP 41, Kajanto 115, Stüber 2007: 150
Stem classia
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldOrig ? / Circ
Other
Relations(Si?) Helvia Lituna
General notes(ethnonym as) pseudo-gentile Helvia or latinized writing of the originally Celtic PN Eluia, cf. CIL III 5447.
Other attestationsElv(ia) PAN 1 (RIU 281), Elvia PAN 1 (RIU 549), Helv[ia] NOR 1 (CIL III 11624), Helvia PAN 1 (AIJ 179) NOR 1 (Leber 14), Elvius PAN 1 (RIU 549), He[lv]ius NOR 1 (Leber 165), Helvius PAN 0;1 (CIL III 3232) NOR 2 (CIL III 4795, 5191) RAE 1;1 (CIL III 5801; 11965).
Secondary literatureLochner 83, NPC 95 (Eluio), 221, AlNor (Elvia), Meid 232, DLG2: 162