Aizis
Caraș-Severin, Romania | |
| Coordinates | 45°29′16″N 21°50′59″E / 45.4877°N 21.8498°E |
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Aizis (Aixis, Aixim, Airzis, Azizis, Azisis, Aizisis, Alzisis, Aigis, Aigizidava[*], Zizis,
One sentence surviving from Dacica, in the Latin grammar work of Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae,[2] says: inde Berzobim, deinde Aizi processimus, meaning We then advanced to Berzobim, next to Aizi.[3] The phrase describes the initial itinerary march into Dacia by the Roman army. After the Roman conquest of Dacia, the Aizis fort was built there.
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Etymology
The place name Aizizi, located in the South West of Dacia has a root / radical containing the Bactrian "ait", Armenian "iz" 'snake' or better the Bactrian "azi" Armenian "ajts" 'goat'.[4] The Romanian historian and archaeologist Vasile Pârvan also gives the meaning 'goat'.[5]
This Dacian name (mentioned also by Ptolemy as Αίζισίς) confirms the Dacian language change from Proto-Indo-European *g to z: Αίζισίς (Ptolemy) < *aig-is(yo) – '(place) with goats' (Greek αίζ, αίγός goat) [6]
See also
Notes
- ^ "Monografia localității Fârliug by Pr. Cristian Franț". Archived from the original on 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
- ^ Priscian 520, VI 13.
- ISBN 9780415049450
- ^ "Les restes de la langue dace" by W. Tomaschek (Gratz University) in "Le Muséon (Revue Internationale Volume 2)", Louvain, 1883 (page 402)
- ^ Pârvan 1982, p. 165.
- ISBN 978-0-521-22496-3, page 887
References
Ancient
- Priscian (c. 520). Institutiones grammaticae (in Latin). Teubner.
Modern
- Pârvan, Vasile (1982). Florescu, Radu (ed.). Getica (in Romanian). București, Romania: Editura Meridiane.
External links
- Traiani Augusti, Dacica at Forum Romanum
- Monografia localității Fârliug by Pr. Cristian Franț
- "Enciclopedia Banatului: Fârliug". Archived from the original on 2017-11-10.
