Rev 4.9 (Double Accentuation)

Stephen C. Carlson scarlson at mindspring.com
Thu Jun 21 07:46:25 EDT 2001


At 03:02 AM 6/21/01 -0400, Jason A. Hare wrote:
>Revelation 4.9
>KAI hOTAN DWSOUSIN TA ZWiA DOXAN KAI TIMHN KAI EUCARISTIAN TWi KAQHMENWi
>EPI TWi _QRONWi_ TWi ZWNTI EIS TOUS AIWNAS TWN AIWNWN,...
>
>Is there *supposed* to be a double accent on QRONWi (an accute on the O
>and a circumflex on the W)?  Is that just a printing mistake?  Where I am
>at right now, I only have access to two GNT's: UBS4 and TR.  In my TR, it
>reads:
>
>... EPI TOU QRONOU... (with ONE accent)
>
>However, it has a note that has TWi QRONWI, but with ONE accent.  Is this
>just a problem of the UBS4?

Yes, the QRO/NW=i appears be a typographical error in USB4,
in which the typesetter was probably influenced by the TW=i
on either side of the word.  NA27, however, has the correct
accentuation, without the bogus circumflex at the end.

It is occasionally possible for a Greek word to bear two
accents, when followed by an enclitic such as MOU or
ESTIN, but this is not one of those cases.

Stephen Carlson
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