[B-Greek] accusative adjectives in 1 Clem 14.1

Steven R. Lo Vullo slovullo at mac.com
Wed Mar 5 02:01:42 EST 2003


On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 12:42 AM, Steven R. Lo Vullo wrote:

> 1 Clem 14.1 DIKAION OUN KAI hOSION, ANDRES ADELFOI, hUPHOOUS hHMAS 
> MALLON GENESQAI TWi QEWi H TOIS EN ALAZONEIAi KAI AKATASTASIAi MUSEROU 
> ZHLOUS ARCHGOIS EXAKOLOUQEIN.
>
> I get the meaning, but do not quite understand why the adjectives 
> DIKAION and hOSION are in the accusative case. If I understand the 
> syntax correctly, hUPHOOUS hHMAS MALLON GENESQAI TWi QEWi H TOIS EN 
> ALAZONEIAi KAI AKATASTASIAi MUSEROU ZHLOUS ARCHGOIS EXAKOLOUQEIN is a 
> rather lengthy substantival clause that serves as the subject of an 
> elliptical ESTIN and DIKAION and hOSION serve as predicate adjectives. 
> If so, shouldn't they be in the nominative case? I'm probably missing 
> something obvious here, so if anyone can help me out I would be 
> appreciative.

Well, it really was something obvious! The adjectives **are** 
nominative! For some weird reason I was thinking in terms of masculine 
singular accusative, which makes no sense at all. They are, of course, 
**neuter** nominative. This hit me like a ton of bricks after I left 
the computer and started to do some household tasks. I guess just 
clearing one's head sometimes helps!
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Steven R. Lo Vullo
Madison WI



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