pzzideze-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 860
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
pzzideze-
‘(unknown)’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
| acc. pl. | pzzidezes | TL 44b.9 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The meaning of the substantive pzzideze-, which occurs in a fragmentary passage, is obscure. A resemblance of its root with the one of the verb pzzi-(ti) ‘to instruct’ has been pointed by Melchert (DLL:54). However, considering the amount of suffixes present, i.e. -(i)d- + -eze-, the etymological connection is not enough to elucidate the semantics. The connection with the ethnicon ‘Pisidian’ suggested by Savelsberg 1878a:215 is not impossible, but far-fetched.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see Lyc. A pzzi-(ti).