Още веднъж за епитета на Аполон – Таденос
Once Again on Apollo’s Epithet – Tadenos

Summary/Abstract: In an inscription found near Brashlyan, in the territory of the town of Malko Tarnovo, South-East Bugaria, a new attestation of Apollo’s epithet – namely Ταδηνος, appears. It goes about a dedicatory inscription cut on a fragmentarily preserved altar. The epithet Ταδηνος is well known from both Greek and Latin inscriptions. The present paper offers a new linguistic analysis of this local cult name according to the modern theoretical standards. The morpheme /ΤΑΔ/ is typical in Thracian. And there is an alomorph /TAZ/, the two morphemes having the same meaning. Both morphemes are well attested in Greek as well. In our case the initial form of Ταδηνος would be *ταδ-σ-, then / ταδ-ζ-/, then two sigmas replacing the two deltas in /ταδδ-/ should be expected: after assimilation or assimilation with /ζ/. Thus the Thracian Ταδηνος would mean: “the one who arranges”. The linguistic argumentation presented here is to confront a recently published hypothesis which interprets Apollo’s epithet in relation with mining suggesting a meaning of “shining”. Although the Strandzha Mountain is known for its metal deposits, Ταδηνος has nothing to do with such activities.

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