Re: [tied] Daci

No need to asterisk <Da:cus>; it is attested e.g. in Vergil's
_Georgicon_ ("aut coniurato descendens Dacus ab Histro ...") or in
Tacitus' _Historiae_ ("nobilitatus cladibus mutuis Dacus"). The
Romans "began to be interested" in Dacia when Burebista lent his
support to Pompey against Caesar, later, during the reign of
Augustus, when the Dacians began to provoke Rome, and finally towards
the end of the first century, when the expanding Empire declared war
on Decebal's Dacia. Throughout that period Latin "c" was still
pronounced [k] even before front vowels.

Piotr

--- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> If Daci was plural or *Dacus, yes it was.
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <cybalist@...>
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 6:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Daci
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> > --- In cybalist@..., "João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...> wrote:
> > > If Dacia was an IE name there's a lot of possibilities. Are the
> > Daci Celts?
> > > Slavs? Balts? Thraco-Phrygians?
> > > Has Dacia short or long "a"?
> > >
> > > *d(H)ak-? d(H)ag-? d(H)ayak-? d(H)asak-? d(H)asnk-? d(H)ok-?
> > >
> > > >
> >
> > Would /c/ have been <k> at the time the Romans began to be
interested?
> >
> > Torsten