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Cumidava (also Comidava, Komidava, ) was originally a Dacian settlement, and later a Roman military camp on the site of the modern city of Râşnov (15 km from Braşov) in Romania. ==Etymology== After Roman conquest of Dacia, the Dacian name Comidava had been modified by the Latin writers to Cumidava. (Note: It is very common in the Late Latin inscriptions to express the letter "o" by "u", e.g. patrunus instead of patronus 'protector', and Latin rumpia instead of Greek ρομφαια (Rhomphaia) 'Thracian claymore / sword'.〔The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems, and Flexions by W. M. Lindsay, Cambridge University Press, 1 edition, 2010, ISBN 1-108-01240-X, ISBN 978-1-108-01240-9, page 34〕) The name Comidava is a compound of dava ‘town’ and “comi”. The scholars' opinions about the meaning of the Dacian word “Comi/Cumi” include: * ‘Desire, love’- word explained by the ancient Iranian Kamya, with an obscure pronociation of the "a ". The term “Comi” is also contained in the name of the Dacian prince and priest Como-sicus 〔Tomaschek, W,. “Les restes de la langue dace” in “Le Muséon, Volume 2” edited by “Société des lettres et des sciences”, Louvain, Belgium, 1883〕 * 'Lovely' (Romanian Drăgăneşti) 〔Parvan, V., “Getica”, page 398, “Cultura Nationala”, Bucharest, Romania, 1926〕 Another town named Comidava / Cumidava was situated in the Remesiana’s territory 〔Ion I. Russu , Limba Traco-Dacilor: de I. I. Russu. Ediția a 2-a revăzută si adăugită, Editura Ştiintificǎ, 1967〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cumidava」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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