Re: stop

Kevin W. Woodruff (cierpke@utc.campus.mci.net)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 19:52:09 -0400 (EDT)

Imperative indicative, 2nd person, singular (unless it's a tandem bicycle)
of STAMATW (in least in Modern Greek) and most likely PAUW in Koine

At 08:59 AM 9/27/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Did everyone receive the "exegeting stop signs" posting from William Cox? I
>thought it was very good but wondered about the connexion with Greek. So I
>got to thinking which Greek word would we use for stop? Would it be KWLUW,
>PAUW, KATALUW, hISTHMI, SIGAW, FRASSW or DIAKOPTW? And then there is the
>other problem, which mood? imperative, subjunctive, infinitive or even
>indicative? And which tense? Would it be present, aorist, imperfect,
>perfect or even future?! Can we differentiate between STOP and HALT? What
>would a chariot STOP sign really have said in Hellenistic Greek? I think
>this might make a good exercise for some Greek students!
>
>John
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