udrñt(i)-

This lexeme is found once in the poetical inscription engraved on the lion sarcophagus of Antiphellos, dated on stylistic grounds to the beginning of the 4^th century BCE (Zahle 1979a:318, Mühlbauer 2007a:91).

[D.S.]

dat./loc. pl.

ụdṛñte

TL 55.3 (Antiphellos)

For the reading, see Schürr 2005a:125, which we can confirm from our own autopsy and photograph, contra Neumann 2007a:400 and Gehrisch 2018a:107.

[D.S.]

The base *udr- has been connected convincingly to the Indo-European word for ‘water’ (Schürr 1997c:139), which would be supported by the context, referring to a nymphaeum. Schürr 1997c:139 (and Schürr 2005a:154, likewise Shevoroshkin 2002a:231) suggests for udrñte a verbal form in the 3^rd plural preterit, which is not possible on morphological grounds, because one would expect a denominal suffix between the nominal base *udr- and the ending (cf. DLL:133). Therefore, it is preferable to take udrñte as a possessive formation in -nt(i)- derived from the base *udr- ‘water’, i.e. ‘having water’ (cf. Shevoroshkin 2002c:405 ‘springs (?)’; contra Shevoroshkin 2014a:260 ‘table (?)’). Based on the context, the udrñte seem to be the recipients of an offering, which might be a reference to the nymphs or the springs.

slt^!tãmi ụdṛñte : sebe=kuprimesi kñ^!ta〈q〉ẽ : xị[sñ]tej epñ (TL 55.3)

‘They offered the slttãmi and kuprimesi kñtaqẽ to the ones having water/springs (vel sim.).’

[D.S.]

For the lemma head, see Lyc. B *udr-.