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Reiks (pronunciation ; Latinized as ''rix'') is a Gothic title for a tribal ruler, often translated as "king". In the Gothic Bible, it translates to the Greek ''árchōn'' (ἄρχων). It is presumably translated as ''basiliskos'' (βασιλίσκος "petty king") in the ''Passio'' of Sabbas the Goth. The Gothic Thervingi were divided into subdivisions of territory and people called ''kunja'' (singular ''kuni'', cognate with English ''kin''), by a ''reiks''.〔Herwig Wolfram, ''Die Goten: Von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts'', p. 105.〕 In times of a common threat, one of the reiks would be selected as a ''kindins'', or head of the Empire (translated as "judge", Latin ''iudex'', Greek δικαστής).〔Ammianus Marcellinus (27,5,9) mentions one Athanaric ''iudex gentis'', "judge of the people."〕 Herwig Wolfram suggested the position was different from the Roman definition of a ''rex'' ("king"), and is better described as that of a tribal chief (see Germanic king). A reiks had a lower order of ''optimates'' or ''megistanes'' (μεγιστάνες, presumably translating ''mahteigs''〔Béla Köpeczi, History of Transylvania: From the beginnings to 1606, Social Science Monographs, 2001, p. 163.〕) beneath him, on whom he could call on for support.〔Béla Köpeczi, ''History of Transylvania: From the beginnings to 1606'', Social Science Monographs, 2001, p. 163.〕 The term ''reiks'' was in origin a Celtic word adopted by the early Germanic peoples (as '' *rīks''; see also ''Reich''). It also figures prominently as second element in Gothic names, Latinized as ''-rix'', and often anglicized as ''-ric'', e.g. in Theoderic (''Þiuda-reiks''). The use of the suffix extended into the Merovingian dynasty, with kings given names such as Childeric, and it survives in modern German names such as ''Ulrich'', ''Dietrich'', ''Heinrich'', ''Richard'', ''Friedrich''. ==See also== *Germanic king *Reich *King of the Visigoths *King of the Ostrogoths 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「reiks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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