zipsse-

This lexeme is attested 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).

[D.S.]

nom. sg. (?)

zipsse

TL 55.1 (Antiphellos)

The grammatical analysis is very tentative. A dative-locative plural is also possible (thus tentatively Melchert in DLL:137).

[D.S.]

No meaning is suggested by Melchert (DLL:137), Schürr 2005a:156, Neumann 2007a:435. Meriggi 1936b:271 considers it a pronoun, but this fails to provide a satisfactory account of its contexts and morphology. Gehrisch 2018a:109 follows Meriggi, but does not incorporate the hypothesis into her translation. There is some agreement that zipsse is actually a compound made of zi and psse (Shevoroshkin 2002a:232, Schürr 2005a:156, Shevoroshkin 2014a:253), which would be supported by other compounds such asripsse. The analysis of the first member of the compound is more speculative; cf. Shevoroshkin 2002a:232 and Schürr 2005a:156 (comparing zireime/i-), Shevoroshkin 2002a:232 and Schürr 2016d:176 (comparing zirẽple/i-). As long as the meaning of *psse- is unknown, no solid meaning can be assigned to zipsse. An appurtenance to the noun za- c. ‘share, allotment’ would be the most straightforward hypothesis, though it cannot be proven based on the current state of research.

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see Lyc. B *psse-.