Wenham Exercise 33A-1

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Nov 17 06:31:26 EST 2001


At 1:52 PM +0800 11/17/01, Hirokatsu Yoshihara wrote:
>Dear list members,
>
>
>I am now working on exercises of Wenham's "The Elements of New Testament
>Greek" and have come across a problem.  In Lesson 33 Exercise A-1, the
>sentence goes;
>
>	OUAI, OUCI hH YUCH PLEION ESTIN THS TROFHS;
>
>My question is about PLEION.  Why is this adjective used in the neuter
>form despite the fact that the other nouns ("hH YUCH" and "THS TROFHJ")
>are both feminine?  A feminine form, or the nominative feminine singular
>form ("PLEIWN") should be used here, shouldn't it?  If I am making a
>very simple mistake, I will apologize.

I think that in this instance the neuter (comparative) adjective is being
used because YUCH is here thought of a "a thing"--as "something of value";
your workbook sentence is derived from Mt 6:25, the Sermon on the Mount:
DIA TOUTO LEGW hUMIN: MH MERMIMNATE THi YUCHi hUMWN TI FAGHTE MHDE TWi
SWMATI hUMWN TI ENDUSHSQE. OUCI hH YUCH PLEION ESTIN THS TROFHS KAI TO SWMA
TOU ENDUMATOS?

"Isn't the soul/inner self a broader/bigger thing than nourishment and the
body a broader/bigger thing than clothing?"
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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