tor- (kantoru)

This verb is found in two thematically connected inscriptions found in the precinct of Artemis in Sardis.

[I.Y.]

1sg. pres. act.

kantoru

LW 23.15 (Sardis) LW 24.21 (Sardis)

 These forms are frequently included in the paradigm of Lyd. tro-^(d); cf. further under Lyd. tro-^(d) and the discussion of stem formation below.

[I.Y.]

The meaning ‘to hand over’ was offered this verb in LW 24.21 in Meriggi 1935a:74 and it appears also to be compatible with the other context where this form occurs. Thus there is no significant difference in meaning between the stems tor- and tro-. 

[I.Y.]

According to Melchert 1992a:52 n. 30, the stem tor- merely reflects the metathesis of in one form of the paradigm of tro-. This, however, appears to be unlikely, because the forms fakantrow and kantoru occur in the same inscription LW 23. The solution tentatively adopted here implies instead that the stem tor- goes back to the root-stem *tarw- or its secondary thematization *tarwV-. As an alternative, one can reconstruct the stem *tarwi- > tori-, the lexical cognate of Luw. /trawi-^(ti)/ (cf. Lyd. qištori-). The problem of choosing between these two analyses arises because we do not seem to have independent evidence for the presence or absence of the stem-forming suffix -id- in 1sg. pres. The stem tor- is so far only attested with the prefix kan-.    

[I.Y.]

1. qištori-^(d)

For the lemma head see Lyd. tro-^(d).