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μίνδις

mindis

association for the maintenance of tombs

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What it meant

1. μίνδις · mindis — Beekes

μίνδις [1] ‘association for the maintenance of tombs’ (Tit. As. Min. Il, 1, 62, [Telmessos]). *DER μενδῖται ‘members of such a society’. sETYM A local word, perhaps from Lycian mifiti. See Neumann 1961: 53f. and Laroche BSL 58 (1963): 78’. — [Beekes, s.v. μίνδις, p. 1006]

2. μίνδις · mindis — Chantraine

μίνδις : association pour l'entretien d'une tombe (Tit. As. Min. IL, 1,62, Telmessos), d’où μενδῖται membres de cette association (ibid., 40). Il s’agit sûrement d’un mot indigène, peut-être lycien miñti, cf. Neumann, Untersuchungen 53 sq., Laroche, BSL 58, 1963, 78 et n. 1. — [Chantraine, s.v. μίνδις, p. 721]

3. μίνδις · mindis — LSJ

society of trustees for the care of a tomb, members of such a society

society of trustees for the care of a tomb, Petersen-Luschan Reisen in Lykien p.22 n. 27 (Cyaneae), TAM 2(1).62 (Telmessus): —hence μενδῖται, οἱ, members of such a society, ib. 40 (ibid.).

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