DE NAAM VAN DE BATAAFSE GOD HERCULES MAGUSANUS

Samenvatting

The Batavian god Hercules Magusanus may well have been named after the Batavian capital Ulpia Noviomagus Batavarum (Nijmegen), since many names of the Rhenish Matronae, for in­stance, appear to have been derived from place names.
The god's tempie at Empel is near the river Dieze. The author suggests that the river's name is a contraction of the definite article 'De' (The), plus 'leze', which is a very common hy­dronym all over Europe.