The Phrygian word ΛΑFΑΓΤ
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| Transliteration | lawagt |
| Meaning | leader of the people |
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Phrygian: ΑΓΤΑΕΙ
‘leader’ Linear B: ra-wa-ke-ta ‘leader of the people, millitary leader’ Cypriot Syllabic Script: a-ke-ti-se ‘leader’ Doric Greek: αγέτας ‘leader’ Proto-Indo-European: *ag̑- ‘to lead, drive, agitate’ |
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Typical example of the common prehistory of Greek and Phrygian. The same word is attested in Mycenaean Greek as lawageta (Linear B: ra-wa-ke-ta, λαFος = people + ηγέτας = leader) and is not a Greek borowing since it is attested in Palaeo-Phrygian inscriptions. |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ΚΥΡJΑΝΕJΟΝ ‘commander, ruler, ethnonym’, ΜΙΔΑΣ ‘king midas of phrygia’, ϝΑΝΑΚΤ ‘overlord, king of kings’, ΒΑΛΗΝ ‘king’, ΟΥΑΝΑΚΤΑΝ ‘overload, king of kings’, ϝΑΝΑ ‘king’ | |