[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!
============
Steven R. Lo Vullo
Madison WI
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list