Phil. 4:10
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Apr 18 06:04:38 EDT 2002
At 9:19 AM +0000 4/18/02, Jack Stewart wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>In Phil. 4:10 we read: TO hUPER EMOU FRONEIN -
>
>Question: does the N.SG.Acc/Nom Def. Article here go with the infinitive, or
>does it act as a substantive before the preposition (i.e. 'the thing on my
>behalf / the thing concerning me'). If the construction is an articular
>infinitive, why is it necessary? Could not FRONEIN suffice on its own?
Yes, it does go with FRONEIN, and I would understand the articular
infinitive phrase here as accusative to complete the sense of ANEQALETE.
Articular infinitives quite commonly sandwich adverbial modifiers (incl.
prep.phrases) of the infinitive between the article and the infinitive.
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Carl W. Conrad
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