xssadrapa-
‘satrap’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Class
- Loanwoard
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 369
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
xssadrapa-
‘satrap’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on the Xanthos stele, which was inscribed shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE, and in the inscription TL 40 dated to the reign of the satrap Autophradates (ca. 370-350 BCE).
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | xssadrapa | TL 40d.1 (Xanthos) |
| gen. adj. acc. sg. c. | xssadrapahi | TL 44b.26 (Xanthos) |
The grammatical assignment of the genitival adjective xssadrapahi in TL 44b.26 is far from assured due to the fragmentary state of the passage. The other possibilities are gen. adj. nom. sg. or pl. and dat./loc. sg.; cf. DLL:85, Neumann 2007a:133.
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1.1.3Meaning
The word xssadrapa (TL 40d.1) stands in apposition to the personal name wataprdata, which has been equated with the name of the Persian satrap Autophradates (Schmitt 1982b:382 with further literature). Lycian xssadrapa reflects the Iranian title *xšaθrapā- ‘satrap’ (cf. Old Persian xšaθrapāvan-; cf. Greek σατράπης/ξατράπης), which refers to a subordinate ruler of the Persian Empire administrating a large province. The semantic assignment of Lyc. xssadrapa- as ‘satrap’ was made already in Schmidt 1968a:281; cf. Schmitt 1976a:378, DLL:85, Neumann 2007a:133 with further literature.
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1.1.4Derivatives
1.1.5Origin
The Lycian lexeme xssadrapa- is a loanword of Iranian origin. For more details on the period and place of borrowing, see Schmitt 1976a:378, Schmitt 1982b:380.
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