pssesi
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 891
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
pssesi
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).
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1.1.2Forms
| unknown | pssesi | TL 44d.26 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word pssesi is found in an obscure context.Neumann 2007a:288 takes it to be a genitival adjective in -ese/i-, Schürr 2018b:76 follows this analysis and connects it to the word pise. Melchert (DLL:102) suggests tentatively that it may be a personal name, adducing the word psseje as potential evidence. However, psseje is not likely to be a personal name; see under lemma. No translation is offered by Gehrisch 2018a:91.
It is also worth comparing the Lycian A noun pihesi ‘?’. However, no comparative evidence has so far led any further. Both the meaning and the grammatical function of pssesi remain obscure.
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1.1.4Origin
No etymology possible.
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