padre-^(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.).

[D.S.]

3sg. pret. ind. act.

padrete

TL 44c.50 (Xanthos)

There is general consensus regarding the grammatical analysis of padrete (Gusmani 1968c:14 n. 69, DLL:123, Neumann 2007a:256, Schürr 2016d:167).

[D.S.]

The word padrete denotes an action performed by the Lycian king in relation to offerings to the gods. On contextual grounds, Gusmani 1968c:14 n. 69 suggests the meaning ‘to dedicate’ (followed by Shevoroshkin 2002a:229), whereas Shevoroshkin 1971a:220 translates padrete with ‘he founded’, which is less appealing (cf. Shevoroshkin 2014a:235 “to provide” or Gehrisch 2018a:82 “to set up”). No meaning is offered by Melchert (DLL:123), Schürr 2016d:167, or Sasseville 2021d. Pending a solid etymological approach, no meaning is given here.

[D.S.]

As pointed out by Sasseville 2021a:375 n. 54, padre-^(ti) could be a univerbated root verb of the ḫi-conjugation with the theme vowel -e-, i.e. pa-dr-e-^(ti), whose medio-passive form pi-dr-i- (see Lyc. B pidritẽni) would have the suffix -i- instead (adducing the parallel case Lyc. B uwe-^(ti) vs. n͂t-uwi-). On the other hand, padrete could reflect a factitive verb padra- with persisting vowel harmony, i.e. *padrate → padrete.

As pointed out by Schürr 2016d:167, the Lycian A personal name Padrãma- (with syncope also Padrm͂ma-) is likely to be etymologically related. Morphologically, it would represent a substantivized participle in -a-, i.e. *padre-me/i- → padrã-m-a- (+ vowel harmony).

[D.S.]

One should also compare Lyc. A padrãta- and Lyc. B pidri-.