[B-Greek] Any "dual" verbs in the GNT?

Kenneth Litwak javajedi2 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 26 21:50:33 EDT 2003


  I'm trying to determine two things:
1.  If there are any "dual" person verbs in the GNT?
2.  When did the dual fall out of favor?

   I did a simple search in the GNT for forms ending
in ETON, which I realize is not sufficient to cover
all forms, but found no verbs with that ending (lots
of raiin, though).  If, however, dual person verb
inflections were not used after, say, 100 B.C., then
there's no point in the search.  To the extent that
the GNT reflects Koine usage, I would guess this would
be one of the ways in which Koine simplified Attic
Greek. (That is, if I'd read everything in Greek after
the Classical period through 100 A.D., I might find
that GNT usage was only reflective of part of the
developments in Koine--certainly just about everything
I've read outside the GNT, barring the LXX and
Pseudepigrapha, is more complex.)  Thanks.


Kenneth D. Litwak, Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty
Professional Studies Program
Southwestern College
Wichita, KS


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