Name details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name (attested) | Tertioni Nonnonis f(ilio) |
| Name (citation form) | Nonno |
| Source | III 4908a, ILLPRON 249 |
| Source type | epigraphic |
| Type of inscription | sepulcral |
| Material | marble |
| Date and origin | |
| Location (modern) | Magdalensberg |
| Location (ancient) | Virunum |
| Community | Magdalensberg |
| District, region | Klagenfurt-Land |
| Population group | — |
| Date | — |
| Source of date | — |
| Linguistic notes | |
| Language | unknown, Latin? |
| Gender | m. |
| Name type | IN |
| Use of name | IN as patronym |
| Word formation | simple |
| Prefix | — |
| First element | Latin *nōno- 'ninth' ? Lochner 114 (Nonius) |
| Second element | — |
| Suffix | (i)on Kajanto 120 |
| Stem class | n |
| Case | gen. sg. |
| Semantic field | Birth? |
| Other | |
| Relations | (S) Tertio, (DiL) Dresiu, (GS) Crescentius |
| General notes | Nonius is a Latin gentile derived from Nonus 'the ninth' (Kajanto 74); Nonno is thus most probably a short name with hypocoristic geminates derived from Non(i)us. But Holder II 754 claims celticity of this name. |
| Other attestations | Nonia NOR 1 (CIL III 4725), for further attestations see OPEL III, 104. |
| Secondary literature | NPC 142, Lochner 114 (Nonius), AlNor 236 (Nonnus, -a) |