zrẽtẽne/i-
‘protector’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 768
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
zrẽtẽne/i-
‘protector’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos dated shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.
[D.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | zrẽtẽni | TL 44c.47 (Xanthos) | |
| acc. sg. | zrẽtẽni | TL 44c.52 (Xanthos) | |
| acc. pl. | zrẽtẽniz | TL 44c.55 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
In the Lycian B poem in honor of Gergis, the zrẽtẽne/i- represents a divine being from the city of Kaunos, which resents the king for his military activities (Eichner 1993a:143 n. 122). Melchert (DLL:138) compares the Lydian title šarẽta- ‘protector’ and assigns the same semantics to the Lycian noun (likewise Shevoroshkin 2002b:168; The comparison with Lydian is also kept by Schürr 2016d:176). Thus, the xbidewñni … zrẽtẽni can be translated as ‘the (divine) protector of Kaunos’ (= Apollo/Natri) (cf. Schürr 1998a:157f., DLL:135). For an overview of outdated hypotheses see Neumann 2007a:438.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see Lyc. B *ser-.