Open AccessFalsas apariencias: rodio ΕΣΠΡΤΕΝ
Author(s) -
Julián Víctor Méndez Dosuna
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.2005.v73.i1.55
Subject(s) - philosophy , psychology , linguistics , epistemology
Rhodian ἐ̣σ̣[π]ράΤ̣εν is a ghost-form. The right reading should be ἐ̣σ̣[π]ρά̣Ζεν with an etymologically expected -Z- (cf. πέπρα̅γα, πρᾶγος, ἀπραγία). Erosion has effaced the lower bar of Τ̲ (archaic Z sign) in this inscription, making it appear to be a Τ. In Rhodian inscriptions of a more recent date, the local type πράζω, which can be compared to Cretan πράδδω (πράττω), has been replaced by the supradialectal secondary type πράσσω