tm͂qris-^(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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part. dat./loc. pl.	tm͂qrisñte	TL 44d.3 (Xanthos)
		TL 44d.68 (Xanthos)

Sasseville 2021a:455 analyzes tm͂qrisn͂te as a participial form to a verb tm͂qris-^(ti), a formation in -s-^(ti) derived from the verb m͂qri-^(ti) (cf. DLL:131). Contra Schürr 2018b:84, who sees a finite verb in the 3pl. pret., which is not supported by the syntax. The analysis as dative plural is also preferred by Melchert (DLL:131).

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Schürr 2018b:84 assumes an elision, i.e. (u)tm͂qrisn͂te, based on the attestation utm͂qrimi (see m͂qri-^(ti)). This is a priori possible, but hardly provable based on the current data.

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The word tm͂qrisn͂te modifies the noun mire ‘?’ in both contexts. No proper meaning has been assigned; cf. Shevoroshkin 1971a:221, DLL:131, Neumann 2007a:369.

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See under Forms.

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For the lemma head see Lyc. B m͂qre-.