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From the Dreros inscriptions are the following words: ''et isalabre komn men inai isaluria lmo tuprmēriēia''. ''Komn'' and ''lmo'' seem to show that /n/ and /l/ could be syllabic. As to the meanings of the words, nothing can be said with any certainty. Van Effenterre suggested: | From the Dreros inscriptions are the following words: ''et isalabre komn men inai isaluria lmo tuprmēriēia''. ''Komn'' and ''lmo'' seem to show that /n/ and /l/ could be syllabic. As to the meanings of the words, nothing can be said with any certainty. Van Effenterre suggested: | ||
* ''inai'' = Dorian Cretan ἔϝαδε (= classical Greek ἅδε, third singular aorist of ἅνδάνω) "it pleased [the council, the people]", i. e. "it was decided [that …]". The word ἔϝαδε occurs in the Greek part of the bilingual text, and all but one of the other Greek texts from the Delphinion in Dreros. | * ''inai'' = Dorian Cretan ἔϝαδε (= classical Greek ἅδε, third singular aorist of ἅνδάνω) "it pleased [the council, the people]", i. e. "it was decided [that …]". The word ἔϝαδε occurs in the Greek part of the bilingual text, and all but one of the other Greek texts from the Delphinion in Dreros. | ||
* ''tuprmēriēia'' = καθαρὸν γένοιτο in the Greek part of the inscription, i. e. "may it become pure". | * ''tuprmēriēia'' = καθαρὸν γένοιτο in the Greek part of the inscription, i. e. "may it become pure". | ||
Also, Van Effenterree noted that the word τυρό(ν) ("cheese") seems to occur twice in the Greek part of the first Dreros bilingual and suggested the text concerned the offering of goat cheese to Leto, the mother goddess of the Delphinion triad and that the words ''isalabre'' and ''isaluria'' were related words with the meaning of "(goat) cheese". | Also, Van Effenterree noted that the word τυρό(ν) ("cheese") seems to occur twice in the Greek part of the first Dreros bilingual and suggested the text concerned the offering of goat cheese to Leto, the mother goddess of the Delphinion triad and that the words ''isalabre'' and ''isaluria'' were related words with the meaning of "(goat) cheese". | ||