predicate adjectival participle

Carlton Winbery winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net
Wed Sep 16 13:10:56 EDT 1998


Dick Roberts wrote;

>     I am trying to understand the adjectival  predicate participle.  Are
>the >two participles in Jude 1 examples of  this.  In Wallace's grammar he
>states >that the predicate participle is  rare.  In the Jude 1 passage
>neither >participle has the article (unless  they share the article with
>>KLHTOIS?).  Thanks for any help.dick robertsdickr at efn.org

Looks like I beat Carl and Jonathan to this one.

In Jude 1 the two participles are adjectival modifying the KLHTOIS.  They
are not predicative.  Predicative participles (Burton, I think calls them
predicate adjective) are used with some form of a verb "to be," mostly
EIMI.  Some divide them up into categories of those where the participle is
a true predicate adjective (periphrastic), adjective used like a noun, and
the adjective that retained its adjective force apart from the verb, eg.
Gal. 1:22 - HMHN DE AGNOOUMENOS TWi PROSWPWi, "I was unknown by face . . ."
The participle seems to be more focused on describing the subject than
completing the verb.  None of them would stand in the attributive position
(used with the article).

Grace & Peace,


Carlton L. Winbery
Fogleman Professor of Religion
Louisiana College
Pineville, LA 71359
winberyc at popalex1.linknet.net
winbery at andria.lacollege.edu






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