ARTI ETELEUTHSEN / TEQNHKEN
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Jun 7 19:21:38 EDT 1998
At 6:48 PM -0400 6/07/98, Jonathan Robie wrote:
>Matt 9:18 hH QUGATHR MOU *ARTI ETELEUTHSEN*
>Luke 8:49 *TEQNHKEN* hH QUGAHR SOU
>
>Is there any difference in force between ARTI ETELEUTHSEN and TEQNHKEN?
>Should ARTI ETELEUTHSEN be seen as "has just died", "has now died", or "has
>died"?
I'd say that ARTI ETELEUTHSEN is "just died"--while TEQNHKEN is rather "is
dead." I think there IS a difference between these two: ARTI ETELEUTHSEN
refers to a recently transpired event, while TEQNHKEN refers to a present
state.
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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