lide
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2028
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
lide
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
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.).
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. | lide | TL 44d.40 (Xanthos) |
The grammatical interpretation is not certain. Melchert (DLL:120) cautiously treats lide as a noun in the dat./loc. pl., but admits that this is far from certain. The verbal interpretation follows Shevoroshkin 1971a:220 and Schürr 2018b:71. The subject of the verb is perhaps lbijẽi.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
There is general consensus that lidebe is made of lide + =be (particle).
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
Shevoroshkin 1971a:220 translates Lyc. B lide as ‘he pacified’ because of an etymological comparison with Hitt. lilā(i)-(mi) ‘to pacify’ (Shevoroshkin 1969a:257). This is, however, both phonologically and morphologically problematic; see under Stem.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
If lide is a verbal form, it could be a verb in -(e)i-(di). In any case, the root can hardly be anything else then le- or li-. More evidence is needed.
[D.S.]