*Hi-ss-^(ti)

This lexeme is attested on the Xanthos stele, which was inscribed shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.

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3sg. pret. ind. act.	xistte	TL 44a.29 (Xanthos)
		TL 44a.32 (Xanthos)

Hajnal 1994a:137 n. 5 suggests on contextual grounds the meaning ‘to give (as a sacrifice)’. In TL 44a.32, the verb xis- takes as its direct object the noun wawadra- ‘herd of cattle (?)’. The sacrificial context is supported by the fact that the passage is introduced with the term kuma- c. ‘sacrifice (vel sim.)’, which could be the direct object of xistte in TL 44a.29. Melchert (DLL:83) translates ‘to make an animal sacrifice (?)’ restricting the use of the verb to animal sacrifices only. This is entirely possible, although, because of the low number of attestations, it is more prudent to avoid a pragmatic interpretation. The meaning ‘to offer in sacrifice’ is followed by Shevoroshkin 2011b:142 n. 1 and is here taken as the default one.

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The verb xis-^(ti) is an imperfective stem in -s-^(ti) derived from the verb xi- ‘to sacrifice’.

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This lexeme is found once in the poetical inscription engraved on the lion sarcophagus of Antiphellos.

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3pl. pret. ind. act.

xi[sñ]te

TL 55.3 (Antiphellos)

Schürr 2005a:158 restores xi[sñ]te or xi[st]te, basing himself on the Lycian A verb xis-. The restoration of a 3^rd person plural xisñte is more likely than 3^rd singular xistte (pace DLL:135), because the previous clause contains a verbal form in the 3^rd person plural, i.e. date (see da-^(di) ‘to give’), and no change of subject can be detected.

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The semantic assignment here is based on the equation with Lycian A xis- and the derivational base xi- ‘offering, sacrifice’ (Shevoroshkin 2002c:413, DLL:135, Schürr 2005a:158). The direct object of the verb xi[sñ]te is probably kñ^!ta, whose meaning is unknown.

[D.S.]

The verb xis-^(ti) is an imperfective stem in -s-^(ti) derived from the verb xi- ‘to perform an offering/sacrifice’ attested only in Lycian A so far.

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