sese(/i)-

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.]

The attribution of these two lexemes to the same paradigm is not assured (thus also Shevoroshkin 2014a:257). The form sesi can hardly be a genitival adjective (pace Meriggi 1938a:154 n. 2), since it is already preceded by a genitival adjective xinasi ‘of the grand-mother’ (thus Shevoroshkin 2012a:464, Schürr 2018b:79). The following noun m̃qri is likely to stand in apposition to sesi (similarly DLL:128). Schürr 2005a:151 compares ssaha (TL 74d) in Lycian A, which could indeed be another attestation of this word in the genitival adjective.

[D.S.]

Concerning the word sesi, which should represent something belonging to the grandmother of the king, Meriggi 1938a:154 n. 2 suggests connecting it to the demonstrative pronoun Lyc. B si, which is overall unsatisfactory. Differently, Shevoroshkin 2014a:257 suggests a connection with Lyc. A ha-^(di) ‘to release’, which is formally possible, but difficult to account for. The word sse (syncopated form of sese(/i)-?) is used in contrast to ripsse ‘(unknown),’ both expressing the place or the goal that the gods have received many breads for from the Lycian king (see Sasseville 2021a:308 and the lemma waxssa-). Pending a solid etymological approach, no meaning is given here.

[D.S.]

The nominal stem class is not assured, i.e. sese(/i)-.

[D.S.]

1. ssepse-

2. Ssepije- (PN)