barzidihi

Messapic

Etymology

Likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to shine, whiten”), hence closely related to Albanian bardhë (“white”) and Illyrian Βάρδυλις (Bárdulis). Suffixed with a patronymic suffix identical to Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs).

Proper noun

barzidihi m (genitive singular)

1. A nomen gentilicium.
   • 3rd century BCE, CIM 172, PID 530, in Alezio:

     STABOAOSBARZIDIHI

     staboaos barzidihi

     of Staboas Barzides

   • 3rd century BCE, CIM 171, PID 531, in Alezio:

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     bridihi bạ[.]ẓidihi

     of Brides Barzides

References

• Joachim Matzinger (2014) Einführung ins Messapische [Introduction to Messapic]‎^[1] (in German)
• Otto Haas (1962) Messapische Studien [Messapic studies] (in German), page 119
• Carlo de Simone (1992) “Sul genitivo messapico in -⟨ihi⟩ [On the Messapic genitive in -⟨ihi⟩]”, in Annali. Classe di Lettere e Filosofia (III) (in Italian), volume 22, number 1, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, →JSTOR, page 28