sarte- (or sartec(i)-)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lydian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 3364
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lydian
sarte- (or sartec(i)-)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in an inscription that has recently been dated to shortly after the death of Croesus, i.e. the second half of the 6th century BCE (see Euler & Sasseville 2019a:139).
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. c. or adv. (?) | sạrṭecν | LW 62.5 (Middle Kaystros) |
It remains open whether it should be taken as the acc. sg. of a stem in -c(i)- (as in tac(i)-) or an adverbial form in -cν; cf. muršecν, qardoλcν, kastaλc(i)-.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
The word was read as sạrṣecν by Gusmani 1975a:267 (and Gusmani 1980a:94), whereas Heubeck 1980a:52 dismisses the reading of the fourth letter and suggests instead t or τ. Poetto 2006a:1376f. provides a new collation of the inscription and argues for the reading with ṭ, followed by Euler & Sasseville 2019a:138 as well as here.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning has been offered in the literature listed under Graphic Features and nor is one suggested here.
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