Re: [tied] Aquae Iasae

There can be no doubt any more that Greek iaomai comes from IE *ish2-
. The expected intitial aspiration (for the -s-) is attested in
Laconic Hiasis (SEG 1.84, Amyklai, 6th cent. BC). Cf. J.L. García
Ramón, in: Les dialectes grecs aus Lois de Gortyne, Paris 1999, 15-17.

As far as I know, there is no examples of Latin Iasa for Greek Iaso,
and it would perhaps also be too learned. We also don't know whether
Iasae stands for /ja(:)sai/ or /i(:)a(:)sai/. The origin may be local
(Illyric?).

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

> david_russell_watson wrote:
> >
> > More than one Roman town founded upon a thermal spring was
> > named 'Aquae Iasae'. I can't locate 'ias-' in my own Latin
> > dictionary, nor in two that I checked online, but surely it
> > is in some way connected to the Greek 'iasis' and 'iaomai',
> > and refers to the therapeutic effect attributed to bathing
> > in such springs. Is it not?
>
> I've never inquired into it, but perhaps the toponym is formed from

a

> Latinised version of <Iasó:>, the Greek goddess of recovery,

connected

> of course with <íasis> 'healing', <iaté:r ~ iáto:r> 'physician',

etc.,

> all from <i(:)áomai> 'heal' (with ie:- in Ion.). The etymology is
> unsettled and burdened with formal problems, perhaps from *isa:-

related

> to Gk. hierós (with the meaning 'strong') and Skr. is.irá-.
>
> Piotr