eis + accusative

Edgar Foster questioning1 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 18 12:43:18 EDT 1998


Carl,

Brooks and Winbery do refer to the accusative of result on p. 55 of NT
Syntax (1979). Two examples given are Rom. 5:18; Phil. 1:9, 10.

Regards,

Edgar Foster

Clasics Major

Lenoir-Rhyne College





---"Carl W. Conrad"  wrote:
>
> At 11:39 PM -0400 7/17/98, Jim West wrote:
> >in Dana/Mantey, sec. 111, eis is discussed.
> >"resultant meanings: with the accusative case: into, unto, to for. 
These
> >meanings are very common."  "Eis is used more than 1700 times in
the NT, and
> >it occurs only in the accusative case."
> >
> >Their "resultant meanings" I take as meaning result.
> 
> Perhaps my problem is with the English; I never would have thought
that
> "resultant meanings" implied such a thing as "accusative of result."
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University
> Summer: 1647 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
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