From unpublished heritage of a famous linguist: an article of A. O. Biletsky «Σαστήρ – vox obscura»

Abstract

The article introduces manuscript writings of A. Biletsky and T. Chernyshova into scientifi c circulation. These writings have been little known so far and are in particular the materials which show the intention of A. Biletsky to publish the collected book of his own articles on lexicography. Among these documents there is a preface to his collected book and its contents. The collected book has never been published, which proves the actuality of this publication. The article «Σαστήρ – vox obscura» is neither mentioned among the lists of A. Biletsky published writings. It is devoted to the problem of interpretation of the word «σαστήρ», which had been used in the text of Chersonesos Taurica citizens’ oath and remained an actual «vox obscura» – «an obscure word» – even
despite the attempts to interpret it.