Aventia
Aventia was a Celtic spring goddess , which is attested by several dedicatory inscriptions. It is believed that the Buydère / Buderou spring near Donatyre, east of Avenches , was dedicated to Aventia, especially since this spring was previously considered to be medicinal. The name is derived from the Indo-European word for "source": H 2 euentiH 2 .
According to the older name research, the Helvetic city Aventicum (Roman province Germania superior ) should be named after her; today, however, this city name is attributed to a body of water with the Celtic name Aventǐa, extended by the suffix -ǐko / -ǐcum .
Inscriptions
- CIL XIII, 5071 Deae Avent (iae) / C (aius) Iul (ius) Primus / Trevir / cur (ator) col (oniae) item / cur (ator) IIIIIIvir (um) / de suo posuit / [6] / [ 3] RII [3] / l (ocus) d (atus) d (ecreto) [d (ecurionum)]
- n CIL XIII, 5072 Deae Avent (iae) / T (itus) Tertius / Severus / cur (ator) colon (iae) / idemque all (ector) / cui incolae / Aventicens (es) / prim (o) omnium / ob eius erga / se merita / tabulam arg (enteam) / p [ub] l (ice?) / posuer (unt) / donum d (e) s (ua) p (ecunia) / ex HS V (milibus) CC l (ocus ) d (atus) d (ecreto) d (ecurionum)
- CIL XIII, 5073 Deae Aventiae / et Gen (io) incolar (um) / T (itus) Ianuarius / Florinus / et P (ublius) Domitius / Didymus / curatores col (oniae) ex stipe annua / adiectis de suo / HS n ( ummum) I (mille) D
- AE 1925, 2 Deae / Aventiae / Cn (aeus) Iul (ius) / Marcellinus / Equester / d (e) s (uo) p (osuit)
- CIL XIII, 5074 [3] avetae A [3] / [3] Aug [3] / [3] cianae [3] / [3] Ser (vius) Sulpicius [3] / [3] P (ublius) Plaut ( ) / v (otum) s (olvit) l (ibens) m (erito) (insecure)
See also
literature
- Felix Stähelin : Switzerland in Roman times. 3. Edition. B. Schwabe & Co., Basel 1948.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of Swiss municipality names . Edited by the Center de Dialectologie at the University of Neuchâtel under the direction of Andres Kristol. Frauenfeld / Lausanne 2005, p. 110 f.