Name details

Summary
Name (attested)

Monnius

Name (citation form)Monnius
SourceIII 13519a cf.p. 2285, ILLPRON 558
Source typeepigraphic
Type of inscriptionsepulcral
Materialwhite marble
Date and origin
Location (modern)Höfling
Location (ancient)Virunum
CommunityFeldkirchen
District, regionFeldkirchen
Population group
Date
Source of date
Linguistic notes
LanguageCeltic or Italic
Genderm.
Name typeIN
Use of nameIN
Word formationsimple
Prefix
First element*moni-, *mono-, *monio-, *monno- 'affection'
NPC 227, DLG2: 215 (maniaces), Meid 158
Second element
Suffixio
Stem classio
Casenom. sg.
Semantic fieldChar?
Other
Relations(GF/GM) Cocusio
General notescf. OIr. muin 'affection, love', MW mynawc 'amiable'; for the verbal root PCelt. *man-ie/o- 'to remember, think of' (OIr. muinithir, etc.) cf. KP 473.
Other attestationsPAN 1 (RIU 891) AQV 1 (ILTG 143).
Secondary literatureLochner 108, NPC 135, 227, DLG2: 215 (maniaces), Meid 158, KP 473, AlNor (Monnus)