ãxrahidije-

This lexeme is found in one grave inscription containing a long biography and datable to the reign of Alexander the Great.

[D.S.]

gen. pl.

ạ̃x[r]ahidijẽ

TL 29.4 (Tlos)

The restoration of a second attestation at TL 93.3 is highly tentative (Korolëv apud Neumann 2007a:246).

Contra Neumann 2007a:246, the form ạ̃x[r]ahidijẽ cannot be abl./instr.

[D.S.]

For the reading with initial ạ̃ instead of ṇ̃, see Tekoğlu 2006a:1705; cf. van den Hout 1995b:116.

[D.S.]

The gen. pl. ãxrahidijẽ in TL 29 modifies either the title θurtta or axuti (contra Gehrisch 2018a:40), although the latter is more likely; cf. the context of the derivational base ãxra- in TL 29.

sm͂me se=ñne : θurtta ãx[r]ahidijẽ : axuti : uwehi

‘As for the penalties, their θurtta-person will be the axuti-sacrificial officiant of the cattle (and) of the ãxrahidije.’

No meaning is offered by Melchert (DLL:46) and Hajnal 1995a:115f. n. 124, although the semantic link with ãxrahe/i- is clear. On the outdated loanword hypothesis from Greek γραΐδιον ‘old hag’, see Hajnal 1995a:115f. n. 124 and van den Hout 1995b:116f. with further literature. No meaning is suggested here; cf. the derivational base.Gehrisch 2018a:40 suggests an etymological connection with CLuw. āḫra- ‘woe’, which leaves the nasal in Lycian unexplained.

[D.S.]

The formation ãxrahidije- reflects mostly like a substantivized adjective in -i(je)-, derived from an abstract noun in -id- (see Lyc. A przzidi(je)-), built on the genitival adjective ãxrahe/i-. However, the gender of the newly formed substantive cannot be determined. Also, the possibility of a collective remains opens.

[D.S.]

For the derivational base, see Lyc. A ãxra-.