-
known as the
Tisia in antiquity;
other ancient names for it
included Pathissus (Πάθισσος in
Ancient Gr**** and
later Tissus (in Latin)), (Pliny, Naturalis...
- Slovene, Turkish), Tisa - Тиса (Serbian, Russian), Tisia,
Tissus or
Pathissus (Latin),
Tisza (Hungarian, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish)...
-
compared with Old
Persian napas 'spring'
Herodotus (IV 48), Patissus,
Pathissus,
Tisia Tisa Pyretus, Pyretos, Pyresos,
Porata Prut
Rabon Jiu
Samus Someș...
- Bečej
Zrenjanin In the 1st century,
ancient author Plinius used the name
Pathissus to
describe the
surroundings of the
river Tisa.
Because of the similarity...
