The Lydian word kaweś
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| Meaning | priest |
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Phrygian: ΑΤΤΑΒΟΚΑΟΙ
‘priests of cybele at pessinus’ Phrygian: ΑΔΟΙΚΑϝΟΙ ‘a title, probably religious one’ Proto-Indo-European: *khe/ou- ‘foresee, perceive, know’ Proto-Indo-European: *kouh₁ēi(s) ‘priest’ Phrygian: ΑΚΙΝΑΝΟΓΑϝΑΝ ‘religious title’ Phrygian: *ΚAϝEΣ ‘priest, seer’ |
| Synonyms | alus |
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Hesychios gives κόης < *κόϝης (kowēs) as 'priest' in the language of Samothrake. |
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