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Most historians believe that the word " Dagome " is a melding of two names: the Christian " Dago ," for " Dagobert " ( Mieszko's hypothetical baptismal name ), and the Slavic " Me ," for " Mieszko.

" The Latin word " iudex " (" judge ") would be used in the meaning of " prince.

" Another interpretation is that " Dagome iudex " is a corruption of " Ego Mesco dux " (" I, Prince Mieszko ").

In the Vatican copy the e of Dagome might have an s adscriptum ( similar to cedilla ), though just the Vatican copyist read iudex literally, relating it to Sardegna and its four " judges ".