Re: [tied] A problem in Greek

I'm sorry for ignoring your question and asking another,
but could the name of these "Boranoi" or "Boradoi" have
anything to do with that of the Nartic clan of the Boratæ,
or with the Burt-As? The -ad- in Boradoi looks like the
N. Iranian plural suffix, and the -an- in Boranoi looks like
the Ossetic -on < -a:n < *-a:na:m (I.Ir. genit. plur.) which
is similarly used to form ethnonyms.

David

----- Original Message -----
From: george knysh <gknysh@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:11 PM
Subject: [tied] A problem in Greek


> There is a discussion going on (another list) about
> the possible identity of the mysterious "Boranoi" or
> "Boradoi" who accompanied the Goths on their assaults
> against the Roman Empire in the mid-3rd century. One
> of the proposed solutions is that these terms can be
> taken to mean "the peoples of the North" or "northern
> peoples". Now this is definitely possible on other
> grounds. What worries me, though, is the absence of
> the expected "e" in the Greek. "Boreas" "Hyperborei"
> et sim. is solid, but "Boradoi"? Would the "e" be
> mandatory here?