𐤨𐤷𐤦𐤣𐤠𐤷
Lydian
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]𐤨𐤷𐤦𐤣𐤠𐤷 (kλidaλ)
- in/on (the) earth (dative/locative singular)
- 4th century BCE, Lydisches Wörterbuch 1.9:
- 𐤨𐤷𐤦𐤣𐤠𐤷 𐤨𐤬𐤱𐤰𐤷𐤨 𐤲𐤦𐤭𐤠𐤷 𐤲𐤤𐤩𐤷𐤨 𐤡𐤦𐤩𐤷 𐤥𐤹𐤡𐤠𐤲𐤶𐤫𐤯
- kλidaλ kofuλk qiraλ qelλk pilλ wcpaqẽnt
- She will trample the earth and the water and any property of his.
- 𐤨𐤷𐤦𐤣𐤠𐤷 𐤨𐤬𐤱𐤰𐤷𐤨 𐤲𐤦𐤭𐤠𐤷 𐤲𐤤𐤩𐤷𐤨 𐤡𐤦𐤩𐤷 𐤥𐤹𐤡𐤠𐤲𐤶𐤫𐤯
Usage notes
[edit]- Corresponds to Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”) in the formula γῆν τε καὶ ὕδωρ ('earth and water'), demanded by the Persians as a pledge of loyalty according to Herodotus.
Further reading
[edit]- Gusmani, Roberto (1964) Lydisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Skizze un Inschriftensammlung, Heidelberg: Carl Winter – Universitätsverlag, page 152
- Olav Hackstein, Jared L. Miller & Elisabeth Rieken, editors (2017–), Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Ancient Anatolian Corpus Languages (eDiAna)[1], München & Marburg