ze-^(di)

This lexeme is found in various dedicatory inscriptions.

[D.S.]

3sg. pres. ind. act.	zedi	TL 26.19 (Tlos)
		N 324.29 (Xanthos)
	ẓeḍị	N 337.14 (Limyra)

Neumann 2007a:431 suggests an imperative form of this lexeme in Lyc. A d[d]ezedu; see under lemma.

The segment medezedi in TL 44a.37 is more likely to be an ethnicon medeze/i- ‘Median’ rather than another instance of the verbal form, i.e. me=de=zedi (pace Bousquet 1992a:185). For the verbal form zeti and its assignment to a different lexeme, see Lyc. ze-^(ti), and Sasseville 2021a:210.

[D.S.]

The emendation and interpretation by Schürr 2007b:119 concerning TL 26.19, i.e. epeite me=iz〈r〉edi, are unnecessary and syntactically unpersuasive. For the new attestation in N 337.14, see Christiansen 2012a:147.

[D.S.]

For N 324, Bousquet 1992a:185 suggests the meaning ‘to regulate’ without any justification. Following the brief mention by Neumann 1974a:113 that Lyc. za-/ze- means ‘to place, deliver’, Lebrun 1999a:44 suggests the meaning ‘to place’ for Lyc. zedi (followed by Christiansen 2012a:147). Hajnal 1995a:130, 161 n. 179 suggests the meaning ‘to assign a share’ (followed by DLL:88), using the same etymological connection as Neumann, i.e. with Lyc. za-^(ti) ‘to give a share’ (better attested in nominal formations, e.g. zata-). This is entirely possible, although each context in which zedi is found is fragmentary. From an etymological perspective, the word could be related to za-^(ti) ‘to give a share’ or ze-^(ti) ‘to take (imperf.), collect’, but further evidence is needed to be absolutely certain; cf. under Stem.

[D.S.]

Considering that the verb zedi is a denominative in -e-^(d), i.e. we expect the derivational base to be a noun *ze- c., itself derived from a noun za- c. ‘share, allotment’ (for the derivational chain, see Sasseville 2021a:206-208, 210). This would lend support to the etymological relation with the factitive verb za-^(ti) mentioned above.

[D.S.]