Middle and Passive Aorist and Future forms
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Dec 12 09:30:47 EST 2002
At 2:16 AM -0800 12/12/02, Harry W. Jones wrote:
>In all fairness I might add the BDF did go on to say, "The middle is
>occasionally used, however, where an active is expected." page 165 sec.
>316.
>
>But it does seem that there is some room for research in the area of middle
>and passives of aorists and futures. If for no other reason than to put to
>rest the idea that forms don't matter with these tenses.
Yes, I think so. And in fact I've been working on it off-and-on since my
initial posting of "Observations on Greek Voice" in May of 1997, and much
more industriously since my retirement. I expect to keep on working on it
and refining it, although, as I have said repeatedly, I don't really have
much hope of impacting Greek pedagogy very extensively or making much of a
dent in the "orthodox" doctrine of ancient Greek voice.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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