Re: [tied] Aquae Iasae

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "George Hinge" <litgh@...> wrote:

>
> 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?).

Thank you Piotr and George. I was led to this question because on
another list it was suggested (actually asserted) that these two
towns of Aquae Iasae in Croatia were the settlements of Iasians,
which seems unlikely to me. Were the Iasians ever referred to as
such in Latin? I thought only 'Iazygi' was used, assuming that the
Iasians and Iazygians were the same people.

David