Varisciとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Varisci (German: Varisker) were a Germanic tribe, the presumed prior inhabitants of a medieval district, Provincia Variscorum, the same (in presumption) as the Vogtland district of Saxony in Germany. They do not appear under that name exactly in ancient history, however, but rather come on stage boldly and abruptly in the Germania (Chapter 42) of Tacitus as the Naristi, with manuscript variants of Narisci and Varisti. Which were they, really? Perhaps the historical name of the mediaeval province is to be regarded as the final authority, but there are other possibilities:

• The sources only state Latinized names of native originals that could be spelled in various ways in Latin.
• The people were in the process of changing their name.