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Phrygian mekas and the recently discovered New Phrygian inscription from Nacoleia
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The aim of the present paper is to argue for the interpretation of Phrygian mekas as an adjective meaning 'great' and inherited from PIE *méǵ-h2-, taking into account all its testimonies documented in the Phrygian corpus and accepting the theory of a Phrygian Lautverschiebung. Furthermore, through a new reading of the last lines of the recently discovered New Phrygian inscription from Nacoleia, where the accusative μεκαν can be read in agreement with the theonym Τιαν, a new interpretation of the apodosis of the New Phrygian inscription 25 is given. Finally, a comparison of the Phrygian and the Greek forms reveals a common innovation in the presence of the ending -s in the masculine nom. sg. despite the lack of the -λο- suffix in the Phrygian inflection of this word.
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OBRADOR CURSACH, Bartomeu. Phrygian mekas and the recently discovered New Phrygian inscription from Nacoleia. Indogermanische Forschungen. 2016. Vol. 121, num. 1, pags. 177-186. ISSN 0019-7262. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/112187