Re: Etymology for Byzantine Katepan(os)

Thank You Dan for the link [I did not find it before :-( ]. I really do not
know if it is possible a development_link Katapan/capitaneus.

At
http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/personal/jg/html/jg1990b.htm?http://tit
us.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/personal/jg/html/jgiai/jgiai16t.htm exists Jost
Gippert's "Iranica Armeno-Iberica. Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im
Armenischen und Georgischen [Bd. 1]", 1990; the original edition, published
as "Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, philosophisch-historische
Klasse, Sitzungsbericht, 606. Band"/"Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für
Iranistik, Nr. 26", Wien, 1993.

Here exists an extensive reference for KaTaban-:

Unfortunately, it will take me a while to fully understand [due my poor
German language abilities] his considerations.

S o r i n

----- Original Message -----
From: dmilt1896@...
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Subject: [tied] Re: Etymology for Byzantine Katepan(os)

I find at:
http://www.gutenberg2000.de/gregorov/wanderit/wand242.htm
"Ein griechischer Statthalter saß seitdem in Bari als Katapan
(Capitaneus), von welchem Titel auch Apulien den Namen
Capitanata erhielt."
How likely does "Katapan" as a metathesis for "capitaneus" seem?
Dan

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--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "S & L" <mbusines@...> wrote:
> Sorry for my negligence; it is KATEPAN(OS) and not Ketepano.
> It's seams that Katepan(os) was the governor of a naval theme and
the title
> developed only after the X century.
>
> Thank You,
> S o r i n
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S & L" mbusines@...
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003
> Subject: [tied] Etymology for Byzantine Ketepano
>
> > Can somebody help me with the standard etymology for Ketepano ?
> >
> > Hélène Ahrweiler [in "Recherches sur l'administration de
l'empire byzantin
> > aux IXe-XIe siècles", published in "Bulletin de Corespondence
Hellenique",
> > no. 84/1960, pg. 1-109] analyze this duke/ketepano problem [at
pg. 64-67].
> > It seams that the same article was re-published in "Études sur
les
> > structures administratives et sociales de Byzance", London
[Variorum]
> 1971,
> > VIII.
> > Has anybody access to one of these works and is willing to help
me with a
> > luck-up ?
> >
> > Thank You,
> > S o r i n
> >
> > P.S. A Byzantine THEME [themata; administration unit/military
district in
> > the Byzantine Empire between 620-1204] was ruled by a duke or
KETEPANO and
> a
> > civil governor [krites or protonotar]. The ketepano had military
> > attributions.