maraza-
‘arbiter’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 226
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
maraza-
‘arbiter’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is a hapax legomenon attested on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | maraza | TL 44c.4 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The lexeme maraza- was correctly identified as a title by Bugge 1897a:59f. and Torp 1901b:15. After the semantic elucidation of Lycian A mara- ‘law’ through the trilingual inscription, maraza- was interpreted as ‘judge’ or ‘magistrate’ (Carruba 1977a:312, Heubeck 1982a:110). Finally, after a detailed analysis of the context, Melchert 1993e:32 has argued convincingly that this specific context calls for the more precise meaning ‘arbiter’ rather than ‘judge’.
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1.1.4Stem
The word maraza (TL 44c.4) was correctly parsed by Meriggi 1937a:509 as a nominative singular of an a-stem.
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1.1.5Derivatives
For the base of the derivative see mara-.