The Names of the Dnieper Rapids in Chapter 9 of Constantine Porphyrogenitus’ De administrando imperio
(2003) In Scando-Slavica 49. p.35-62- Abstract
- New interpretations are given for [ν]Έσσουπῆ ‘watching’, ‘the guard’; Ἀειφὸρ ‘the ever-shallow rapids’; βαρουφόροϛ – βουλνηπράχ ‘the bare rapids; Λεάντι, βερούτζ ‘the violently rushing rapids’. Στρούκουν has a Greek ending and is not a dative plural. Ναστρεζή is a collective formation with a diminutive sense. Both names mean ‘the small rapids’.
The reduced vowels are not manifested in these names. The incorrect ου for ь in Ὸστρβουνιπράχ is due to Greek development and scribal tradition, as is ε for ь in βερούτζη. I propose an Ossetic influence in the word order in the Greek explanations of the second, third and sixth rapids. Pontic Greek features have been specified in Ch. 9 of DAI.
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- Melin, Elsa
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- 2003
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- Scando-Slavica
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- 49
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- 35 - 62
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- Taylor & Francis
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- 0080-6765
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- English
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