pure(/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).

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gen. adj. dat/loc. pl.

purese

TL 55.4 (Antiphellos)

The interpretation as genitival plural is also assigned in DLL:126, though without any mention of a genitival adjective.

[D.S.]

The genitival adjective purese modifies xbade ‘river-valleys’. Schürr 2005a:148 suggests instead that it modifies mñnusama, whose interpretation as a dative plural, however, is not likely. The phrase mñnusama lajata is definitely accusative plural. The other suggestion of seeing a personal name in the genitive singular fails to provide any sense for the syntax and the context. The conjunction sebe ‘and’, which separates xbade from purese, is simply a case of discontinuous syntax. A similar case with sebe can be found at TL 44c.63-64. Nonetheless, the meaning remains unknown, although it should be kept in mind that it likely pertains to river-valleys. For speculative suggestions, see Shevoroshkin 2002a:217 n. 12, Shevoroshkin 2011a:28, and Gehrisch 2018a:110.

[D.S.]

No etymology is offered here.

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