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.