pre-(ti)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2274
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
pre-(ti)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
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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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. | prete | TL 44c.51 (Xanthos) |
Attributing it to the same lexeme as Lyc. B predi is not possible (pace Meriggi 1936b:275).
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1.1.3Meaning
In TL 44c.51, the verb pre-(ti) denotes an (offensive?) action the king performs during his military campaigns towards the divine protector of Kaunos, i.e. Natri-Apollo (for the context, see Sasseville 2021d). Shevoroshkin 1969a:262 suggested an etymological connection with Luwian para-(ti), now translated as ‘to carry’, which is semantically inadequate. An etymologically connection with Hitt. parḫ- ‘to chase’ (thus lately Shevoroshkin 2012a:475) is phonologically unlikely, since the laryngeal should have been kept in Lycian. Gehrisch 2018a:82 suggests ‘to attack’, which is semantically more fitting, though etymological support is lacking. Pending further evidence, no meaning is assigned here.
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1.1.4Stem
The verb belongs to the verbal stem class in -e-(ti) (see Sasseville 2021a:374-382).
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