[B-Greek] MALISTA
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Dec 3 13:18:09 EST 2003
At 12:37 PM -0500 12/3/03, Doug Hoxworth wrote:
>George W. Knight's commentary in the NIGTC series
>suggested (derived from a study done by T. C. Skea in the
>April 1979 issue of the Journal of Theological studies pp.
>173ff entitled "Especially the Parchments") that MALISTA
>can have the meaning of 'namely' rather than 'especially'.
>in other words that MALISTA can be used to further define
>what someone is talking about (e.g., epexegetical). is
>this true?
It's not indicated in the lexica, but insmuch as MALISTA means,
essentially, "more than anything else," it seems to me that it's not much
of an extension to say that it means "just that," or perhaps, "and to be
precise"--like German "zwar." This really strikes me as something of a
quibble.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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