AGAIN! (Re: Another question re. 2 Tim 1.12)
Perry L. Stepp
plstepp at flash.net
Wed Jan 6 08:29:31 EST 1999
Perry L. Stepp wrote:
>>What is the syntactical function of the infinitive FULAXAI in 2 Tim 1.12?
>>I'm translating it as the complement to the copula--"he is able (DUNATOS
>>ESTIN) to keep . . ." Is that (complementary infinitive) the proper
>>terminology for what I'm seeing?
Carl W. Conrad replied:
>YES, that's the term; surely DUNATOS ESTIN is equivalent to DUNATAI.
A further question: Brooks and Winbery *seem* to refer to this type of
infinitive as an infinitive of direct object. Am I correct in my reading of
B&W? In practical (if not metaphysical [grin] ) terms, are "complementary
infinitive" and "infinitive of direct object" often interchangeable
appellations?
PLStepp
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