qišre-^(d)

This lexeme is found twice in two burial inscriptions found in Sardis. LW 3 can be dated to the early Hellenistic period, whereas LW 18 can be assigned only a more approximate date (5^th or 4^th century BCE).

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The plausible interpretation of qišred as ‘takes care’ is proposed in Carruba 1959a:28 and affirmed in Gusmani 1964a:187. A person who takes care of the tomb in the future is enjoined to show respect toward it (cf. šilawa-). In LW 18 qišredν appears to be used in the manner of Lat. curavi, with reference to the act of supervising the construction of a burial. It is difficult to discern the rationale behind the translation ‘to spare’, adopted in Gérard 2005a:99 n. 643.

[I.Y.]

A plausible reconstruction of the stem as a denominative in -e-^(d) from the stem *qišr- is offered in Melchert 1994b:184; cf. Sasseville 2021a:211. The stress of the derived verb falls on the suffix. The element *qišr- is also likely to be present in qištori-.

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