Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Aiuni Cas[t]ici f[il(iae)]

Name (citation form)Aiu
SourceIII 14364, ILLPRON 289
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialmarble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Magdalensberg
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityMagdalensberg
District, regionKlagenfurt-Land
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic
Genderf.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN + patronym
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*aiu- 'eternity, age, life-span'
DLG2: 36, NPC 210, Meid 213f.
Second element
Suffixon
KGP 41, Stüber 1998: 108, Kajanto 118
Stem classn
Casedat. sg.
Semantic fieldAge
Other
Relations(F) Casticus
General notesAiu can either be derived from *aiu- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -u- or from *agio- + -on-suffix with intervocalic loss of -g-.
Other attestationsNOR 2 (CIL III 4947, 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 literatureNPC 15, 210, DLG2: 36, Meid 213f., AlNor 232, RSW2: 114 (Aiiu)