kspλtaλ

This word is attested once in a metrical inscription that has not yet been dated accurately. It is also highly likely that the word is misspelled; cf under Graphic features.

[D.S.]

3sg. pres. med.

kspλtaλ

LW 11.4 (Sardis)

The form was originally taken as a dative singular, which is formally possible (Gusmani 1964a:155, Schürr 2003b:116). However, following the discovery of medio-passives in -taλ (Melchert 2006b), this grammatical assignment makes better sense of the sentence: kspλtaλ is the finite verb, on which the infinitive fapaλkol depends (Sasseville 2021a:288, pace Melchert 2006b:1165 n. 18).

[D.S.]

The sequence kspλ- is phonologically very dubious, also from a metrical perspective (cf. Gusmani 1975c:265, Eichner 1987a:87, Eichner 1993a:117, Gérard 2005a:46 n. 210). An emendation is probably necessary, but without a second attestation, it is impossible to know how to emend. Some possibilities are {k}spλtaλ or i^!spλtaλ (prothetic i- before the root spλ-), or even ksa^!λtaλ. Pending further evidence, the form will be left as it is.

[D.S.]

No meaning has been suggested. For an approximate translation of the sentence, see Sasseville 2021a:288.

[D.S.]

No reconstruction possible.

[D.S.]