Grammatical and natural (biological) gender in Greek

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Jun 16 06:43:57 EDT 2002


At 4:59 PM -0600 6/15/02, Wayne Leman wrote:
>Grammatical and natural gender correlations in Greek
>compiled by Wayne Leman
>corrections and additions welcomed
>latest update: June 15, 2002
>
>1. Expected correlations
>
>a. Common gender (referentially masculine, feminine, or inclusive, depending
>on usage in context)
>ANQRWPOS, person (hO ANQRWPOS masculine, hOI ANQRWPOI, plural =
>referentially masculine or
>inclusive, depending on pragmatic context; hH ANQRWPOS feminine)
>ARKOS, bear

It's perhaps worth noting that although ARKOS is the only form of this word
appearing in the Greek Bible, the far more standard Greek form is ARKTOS,
which is also common gender.
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Carl W. Conrad
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