Just some data FYI
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Oct 23 07:56:02 EDT 2002
At 1:47 AM +0000 10/23/02, Mark Wilson wrote:
>GINOMAI: Present Imperative: 22; Aorist Imperative: 2
>GINOMAI: Present Subjunctive: 23; Aorist Subjunctive: 2
>(Compare Epictetus: Present Imperative: 13; Aorist Imperative: 2
>Present Subjunctive: 3; Aorist Subjunctive: 35)
>
>Just out of curiosity, any particular reason come to mind as to why Paul's
>use
>of GINOMAI in the Subjunctive is nearly the reverse of Epictetus'?
>
>
>The point I think that Silva is making seems valid to me. He seems
>to be arguing against analyzing a particular Verbal Aspect in a
>particular context without first understanding HOW this word/phrase
>was generally used by the same author and/or his/her contemporaries.
Yes, and it might just possibly also be useful to examine the contexts in
which Paul and Epictetus are using the imperatives subjunctives.
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Carl W. Conrad
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