xubas-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3024
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
xubas-
‘(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.).
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg.(?) | xubase | TL 44a.35-36 (Xanthos) |
For the dat. sg. interpretation, see Schürr 2017-2018a:272.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
The full word was restored thanks to a join made by Schürr & Dönmez 2015a.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word occurs in a context describing the architectural work of the inscribed pillar. Schürr & Dönmez 2015a:144 suggests the meaning ‘wrestling (?)’, which is drawn from the content of the Greek epigram. However, this is a poor approach, since the short Greek poem may contain additional information not mentioned in the Lycian version. Therefore, forcing the Greek context onto various passages of the Lycian inscriptions is not commendable. Pending an etymological approach, no meaning is attributed here to xubase.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
For a recent overview of the Lycian s-suffix, see Schürr 2017-2018a.
[D.S.]