ebi

This word is found in various Lycian inscriptions from the classical period.

[D.S.]

indecl.	ebi	TL 45b.6 (Xanthos)
		TL 45b.9 (Xanthos)
		TL 45b.10 (Xanthos)
		TL 57.9 (Antiphellos)
		N 320.35 (Xanthos)
		N 320.36 (Xanthos)
		N 325.1 (Xanthos)
	ẹḅi	TL 134.2 (Limyra)

Contra Gusmani 1962a:165 with n. 23, ebide is to be understood not as a preverb but as ebi=de with the disjunction ‘or’ and the “locative” particle =de.

[D.S.]

The word ebi has long been lumped together with ebei ‘here’ and considered a graphic or phonetic variant of the latter (cf. Laroche 1960a:18, Houwink ten Cate 1961a:67 “ebei dat. sg. / ebi = loc. sg.”, Laroche 1979c:75, Neumann 2007a:48f., but Carruba 1977a:314 “nom/acc. sg. or pl. n.”). Melchert (DLL:12), however, recognizes that it represents the disjunction ‘or’ and, when combined with the negative ne, ‘nor’ (followed by Hajnal 1995a:138, Gehrisch 2018a:190 (but cf. on page 101), Christiansen 2020a:255). It is worth noting that ebi can occur together with the other disjunction tibe ‘or’.

[D.S.]

Hajnal 1995a:138 interprets the disjunction ebi ‘or’ as a grammaticalized frozen case of the original locative form of the denominative pronoun ebe-.

[D.S.]

For the lemma head, see Lyc. ebe(ñne)-.