eques

noun. saying, (current or proverbial) dictum, quotation from someone’s uttered words, saying, (current or proverbial) dictum, quotation from someone’s uttered words, *quote, statement

@@@ gloss “statement” suggested by Sami Paldanius

Cognates

• ᴺS. pess “saying, [G.] proverb”

Element in

• ᴺQ. eneques “rumor, (lit.) re-saying”
• Q. i Equessi Rúmilo “The Sayings of Rúmil” ✧ WJ/398

eques

saying, dictum, a quotation from someone's uttered words, a current or proverbial dictum

eques (equess-, as in pl. equessi) noun "a saying, dictum, a quotation from someone's uttered words, a current or proverbial dictum" (WJ:392); I Equessi Rúmilo "the Sayings of Rúmil" (WJ:398)

bith-

verb. to say

A verbal form of Ad. bêth “expression, saying, word” attested only as an agental-formation as part of the noun izindu-bêth “true-sayer” (SD/427); see that entry for further discussion of its phonetic development. As suggested by Thorsten Renk suggested (NBA/24, 26), the verb stem is probably bith-, consistent with its primitive root ✶Ad. √BITH. Since agental forms generally have a lengthened or fortified vowel, the verb stem bith- could have the fortified agental form -bêth.

Derivations

• √Ad. BITH “say”
  • √KWET “say, speak, utter words”
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• Ad. izindu-bêth “true-sayer, prophet” ✧ SD/427