Theonym

Abstract: The god originally called * Grubrius (or merely * Grubius ), worshipped by Old Prussians in connection with vegetation, seems originally to bear a name of a specific tree species. The etymological analysis suggests a relation to the Slavic dendronym * grabъ & * grabrъ "hornbeam". The Latin and German chronicles recorded his name together with the prefix per / par "for" that was part of the name of the festival dedicated to this god. In the level of theonyms, the closest cognate appears in the Umbrian theonym * Grābovius , serving as an epithet of three Umbrian gods, Vofionos, Mars, and especially Iove (Iuppiter), the thunder-god.

Abstract: Editio princeps of a funerary inscription found in the wall of a house at Padilla de Duero (Penafiel, Valladolid / Spain), probably coming from the Vaccaeo-Roman necropolis of Las Ruedas at Pintia. The onomastics is totally indigenous, with Abanus and Bodogenus as the names of father and son and an adjectival indication of appurtenance to the family group of the Saibodaeci or de- scendants of Saibodos. The article also discusses other onomastic elements, three hospitality agree- ments, the theonym Baudihillia and a possible Celtic cognate of the Latin adjective saevus.