kedi(je)-

This lexeme is attested in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

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dat./loc. sg.	kedi	TL 44d.46 (Xanthos)
dat./loc. pl.	kedije	TL 44d.38 (Xanthos)
	kẹdije	TL 44d.67-68 (Xanthos)

Melchert (DLL:117) separates kedi and kedije into two lemmata, i.e. sbst. kede/i- and adj. kedi(je)-; Schürr 2018b:69 leaves it open. However, it is also possible that kedi may be a form of the substantivized adjective in -i(je)-. Pending further evidence, the word is treated as a single lemma.

[D.S.]

Shevoroshkin 1977a:134 interprets kedi as a demonstrative pronoun in the abl./instr., which is not persuasive, especially considering the other form kedije. Moreover, the relative pronoun is regularly proclitic in Lyc. B. In TL 44d.46, kedi seems to be modified by the adjective prllele/i- ‘pertaining to the feast (?)’, whereas in the other context, where it seems to be adjectival, it modifies two different words, first kupttle ´?´ (if not the other way around), and then mire ´?´. More work on the lexicon is required before positing any meaning or etymology.

[D.S.]

It is generally agreed that kedije reflects an adjectival formation in -i(je)- (DLL:117, Schürr 2018b:6).

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