Re: ausonic

Priscus: "because Scythians are mixed and besides their own language,
they try to speak language of Huns, or Goths or Ausoni, when some of
them have to do with Romans"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> 17-11-03 19:18, alex wrote:
>
> > is there something more known about this term "ausonic"? I can co-

relate

> > this word just with two things. First it should be about

the "ausonian"

> > region in Italy and the second one should be in the statment of

Priscus

> > visiting Atilla about the "ausonic" language spoken by certain

people in

> > the region he visited.
> > Are there more informations about this ominos "ausonic" ?
>
> The English adjective is <Ausonian> (Lat. ausonius <-- Gk. ausonios

from

> <ausonia:> 'Italy', <ausones> 'Italians'), used as a poetic term

for

> Lower Italy or Italy in general. The classical etymology derives

the

> name from that of Auso:n, son of Calypso (?) by Odysseus, who had
> allegedly settled there.
>
> Piotr