xustti-^(ti)

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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The spelling xustite with the lack of gemination of -tt- after -s- represents a scribal mistake and is thus restored as xust〈t〉ite (thus Sasseville 2021a:159).

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The verb xustti-^(ti) denotes an action performed by the inhabitants of the river-valleys to the sbirte-priest of the rebel Amorges (Sasseville 2021a:159). Sasseville 2021d argues for a meaning ‘to burn, execute by fire’ from the perspective of the derivational base xustte/i-, which he translates as ‘fire (?)’.  That would contextually imply that, following the assault on the temple of Apollo of Mount Thorax, Gergis captured the sbirte-priest, who was financially helping Amorges in his rebellion, and had him executed by fire in the river-valley of Xanthos. Outdated Gusmani 1968c:14 n. 69 “to set up”, and contextually unattractive is the suggestion of Shevoroshkin 2012a:459, who attempts an etymological connection with Hitt. ḫuwāi-/-i(ya)-^(ḫi) ‘to walk, run’, translating Lyc. B xustti-^(ti) as ‘to raid’.

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For the verbal stem class, see Melchert (DLL:137), Eichner 2007a:107 n. 17, Sasseville 2021a:153f., 159.

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For the derivational base, see Lyc. B xustte/i-.