Abstract
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 14.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">In the present study the author tries to examine two medieval place names of the Crimea: Aloustou (Ἀ</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">&lambda;&omicron;ύ&sigma;&tau;&omicron;&upsilon;</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">) and Parthenitai (</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">&Pi;&alpha;&rho;&theta;&epsilon;&nu;ί&tau;&alpha;&iota;</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">). The Greek name Aloustou is in genitive and it should originally be a place name formed by a personal name or rather a nick name aloustos (ἄ</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">&lambda;&omicron;&upsilon;&sigma;&tau;&omicron;&sigmaf;</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">). In the late Middle Ages the name changed to Alusta (Ἀ</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">&lambda;&omicron;ύ&sigma;&tau;&alpha;</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">), thus becoming a female one. The loss of the initial a- in the name (Lusta) attested in some Latin and Italian documents can be explained. The name Parthenitai (in plural) is actually a place name formed by an ethnic name Parthenitai. The ethnic name derived from a place name Parthenion (</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">&Pi;&alpha;&rho;&theta;έ&nu;&iota;&omicron;&nu;</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">). In the late Middle Ages the name Parthenitai also changed to a female one, Parthenita (</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">&Pi;&alpha;&rho;&theta;&epsilon;&nu;ί&tau;&alpha;</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','serif'; font-size: 12pt">). </span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font>
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