I've been looking for information on Greek diminutives and found an amazing 17 page article in the Journal of Biblical Literature. And it's free, too!Stephen Carlson wrote: Perhaps it's considered weird because it's neuter and the referent is female. Not so weird to a Greek used to neuter diminutives.
Romans 16.7 - "Natural Gender" and "Arbitrary Gender"?
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Re: Romans 16.7 - "Natural Gender" and "Arbitrary Gender"?
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Re: Romans 16.7 - "Natural Gender" and "Arbitrary Gender"?
Can you post the link?Danny King wrote:I've been looking for information on Greek diminutives and found an amazing 17 page article in the Journal of Biblical Literature. And it's free, too!
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Re: Romans 16.7 - "Natural Gender" and "Arbitrary Gender"?
Here it is: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3264595?seq ... b_contentstimothy_p_mcmahon wrote:Can you post the link?Danny King wrote:I've been looking for information on Greek diminutives and found an amazing 17 page article in the Journal of Biblical Literature. And it's free, too!