arm̃paime/i-
‘furnished with (a) pillar(s)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 504
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
arm̃paime/i-
‘furnished with (a) pillar(s)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | rm̃paimi | TL 55.7 (Antiphellos) | |
| abl./instr. | arm̃paimedi | TL 44d.21 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The form rm̃p- is secondary to arm̃p-. For occasional aphaeresis in Lycian see Melchert 1994a:321.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word arm̃paimedi can be taken as a participial form of a non-attested denominative *arm̃pa(i)-(di) or as a possessive derivation in -aime/i- (DLL:112). The word modified by arm̃paimedi is broken (qã[ … ] TL 44d.21). However, the rest of the sentence is clear: [ … ]lẽ tbisu tustti arm̃paimedi qã[ … ] ‘he sets up twice the … with a … furnished with (a) pillar(s).’ The verb tustti, a formation in -s-(ti) derived from the verb tuwe-(ti) ‘to set up, to erect’, makes it clear that the sentence refers to the erection of a monument. In TL 55.7, the form rm̃paimi is found in a more obscure sentence. It could agree with the word uteñneri of unknown meaning or with the word qelei ‘precinct’. If the latter is correct, rm̃paimi would modify a structure where pillars or columns can be expected. Further contextual support can be drawn from the fact that the inscription TL 55 concerns the construction of a sacred precinct (cf. TL 55.2 and see under lemma qla-(ti) ‘to make a precinct’).For a survey of the outdated literature see Neumann 2007a:20.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Origin
For the lemma head see Lyc. B arm̃pa-.