parito-^(d)

This lexeme is found in an inscription from Sardis that cannot be accurately dated.

[D.S.]

The context, in which the word paritod is found, is fragmentary. No meaning can be offered; cf. Gusmani 1980a:40.

[D.S.]

Gusmani 1975b:23 (and Gusmani 1980a:40) compares verbs in -t-o-^(d), e.g. takto-^(d), fa-cato-^(d), f-arto-^(d), and assigns parito- to this type of stem. The question whether parito- is a nominal or a verbal stem cannot be answered unequivocally, but a verbal stem is more probable based on Gusmani’s comparison.

[D.S.]

Although it is tempting to compare the Lydian segment pari- with CLuw. parri-^(ti) ‘to spread’, there is no way of verifying this hypothesis, based on the current data.

[D.S.]