ziuwa-

This lexeme is attested on the Xanthos stele, which was inscribed shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.

[D.S.]

The word ziu is attested in a sacrificial context, where the qidrala- ‘animal priest (?)’ must perform an action either on a ziu or on a pasbã (Sasseville 2014-2015a:115). Based on the coordination of ziu with the lexeme pasba- ‘sheep’, the word ziu must designate a sacrificial animal. If the etymological comparison with Hitt. tiuni- and Pal. tiuna- ‘the one of the god, bull’ is correct, then Lyc. ziu would mean ‘male bovine, bull’.

Based on an etymological approach, the meaning ‘day’ was suggested by Meriggi 1938a:147 n. 3 and Shevoroshkin 1968b:508 on etymological grounds, but this semantic assignment does not find any contextual support. For various unfounded hypotheses, see Neumann 2007a:437.

[D.S.]

The word ziu can be the accusative singular of either an a-stem, i.e. *zia- (DLL:137), or of an original u-stem transferred to the a-stems, *ziuwa-; cf. Lyc. B urttuwa- (acc. sg. urttu). Based on the comparative data with Pal. tiunaš, the latter option is preferred.

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see Lyc. B ziwi.