Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Octav[ia] Aiu |
| Name (citation form) | Aiu |
| Source | III 4947 = 4948 = 11521 = 11522, ILLPRON 438 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | white marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Waisenberg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Völkermarkt |
| District, region | Völkermarkt |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | Celtic |
| Gender | f. |
| Name type | cognomen |
| Use of name | L 2 |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | *aiu- 'eternity, age, life-span' DLG2: 36, NPC 210, Meid 213f. |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | on KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | nom. sg. |
| Semantic field | Age |
| Other | |
| Relations | (Br) Cnaeus Octavius Cantarrus, Lucius Octavius Rufus, Caius Octavius Tattus, (F) Cnaeus |
| General notes | Aiu can either be derived from *aiu- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -u- or from *agio- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -g-. |
| Other attestations | NOR 2 (CIL III 14364, Weber 201), Aiiu NOR 1 (CIL III 11481), Aiio HIS 2 (CIL II 2814, 2782 > EE VIII 145: Aio), Aio HIS 1 (ILER 6211: Clun(iensis)) BEG 1 (CIL XIII 3707) PAN 1 (CIL III 4597) NOR 1 (AIJ 75). |
| Secondary literature | NPC 15, 210, DLG2: 36, Meid 213f., AlNor 232, RSW2: 114 (Aiiu) |