kupri-(ti)
‘to love, choose’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3221
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
kupri-(ti)
‘to love, choose’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. pres. ind. act. | kupriti | TL 44c.47 (Xanthos) | |
| part. dat. sg. | kuprimi | TL 44d.16 (Xanthos) |
Other attested participial forms represent substantivizations, for which see under Derivatives.
[D.S.]
1.1.3Meaning
The verb kupri-(ti) in TL 44c.47 denotes a favorable action of the god towards the Lycian king, whereas in TL 44d.16 it is used as an attribute to urasli ‘for the great offering’. Shevoroshkin 1969a:265 suggests the meaning ‘to desire’ on etymological grounds with Lat. cupio ‘to desire’. Melchert (DLL:118) slightly modifies the meaning to ‘to choose’, which belongs to the same semantic sphere (thus also Shevoroshkin 2014a:233f., Schürr 2016d:163). Sasseville 2021a:157 takes over the semantic interpretation of kupri-(ti) as ‘to love, choose’ and brings further contextual evidence, especially its contrast with puke-(ti) ‘to hate’.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Stem
The verb kupri-(ti) is a denominative verb in -i-(ti) derived from a non-attested formation with an r-suffix (Sasseville 2021a:157).
[D.S.]
1.1.5Derivatives
For the lemma head see Lyc. B *kup-.