šisiro-^(d)

This lexeme is found within an inscription that is datable contextually to the 15^th year of the reign of Artaxerxes, either the first (465-424 BCE), the second (404 to 359 BCE), or the third (359-338).

[D.S.]

3pl. pret. act.

šisirors

LW 2.12 (Sardis)

Grammatical assignment as participle in Gusmani 1964a:196 outdated; see Gérard 2005a:103f.

[D.S.]

The verb šisiro-^(d) does not have any obvious cognates, although it resembles a reduplicated formation. Based on the context, in which the potential offender is the direct object, Gusmani 1964a:196 suggests the meaning ‘to requite’. However, this is entirely speculative. Since other words of the sentence are semantically obscure, the meaning is better left open.

ak=t=in nãqiš fẽnšλipid fak=at=aν epad [..]ra pištaν taqaλaν šisirors (LW 2.11-12)

‘Whoever destroys (it), they šisiro-ed him/it here (to) pištaν taqaλaν.’

[D.S.]

For the origin of the denominal stems in -o-^(d), see Sasseville 2021a:180-190.

[D.S.]

No etymology possible.

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