Alcune considerazioni sulle etimologie giuridiche di Isidoro di Siviglia e le finalità intellettuali della cosiddetta “edad sincrética”

Some Remarks on Isidore of Seville’s Juridical Etymologies and on Intellectual Purposes
of the so-called “edad sincrética”. Etymologiae contain precious notes about Isidore of
Seville’s juridical, political and formative conceptions: they are not a mere antiquarian recovery of
Roman law, but also an incisive source of reflection for the contemporary Visigothic administration.
1. Utility of the study of Isidorian etymologies for the understanding of juridical terms: preliminar
considerations. 2. Terminological analysis and etymology’s structure. 3. Juridical incongruousness
in furtum, pervasio, paterfamilias, instrumentum, instructus, usus. 4. Patristical tradition and political
reasons in drawing up of some headwords. 5. Res, iura and other terms with prevalent socialformative
aim. 6. Conclusions: time without time of the law for building of Christiana societas in
Spanish-Visigothic kingdom.