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The Phrygian word ΠΕΙΣ
Word
ΠΕΙΣ
Transliteration
peis
Meaning
dead
See also
Phrygian:
ΖΕΙΡΑ
‘hand, children, living’
Greek:
πεισις
‘disease’
Comments
E.g the phrase '
ζως κε πεις
' meaning 'both living and dead'. See A. H. Sayce, 'The New Neo-Phrygian Inscriptions, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 46, Part 1'