Stirling Bartholomew wrote:Stephen Carlson wrote:As far I can tell, the genitive isn't used with λέγειν / εἰπεῖν to mean "to speak of".
Agreed. One way to find out is search LSJ for c. gen.
Homerus Odyssea Book 11, line 174
εἰπὲ δέ μοι πατρός τε καὶ υἱέος
And tell me of my father and my son
Well, I did search λέγω in LSJ, and consulted BDAG by hand. That entry you found is in εἶπον , however
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Still it would be good to get a sense of how common this construction is in Koine, rather than Epic Greek.
Beginners need to learn that just because the genitive is commonly glossed in English as "of", that does not mean the genitive would be used everywhere "of" is appropriate, particularly with verbs.
Stephen C. Carlson, Ph.D.
Melbourne, Australia