[B-Greek] katwkisen

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri May 16 17:58:30 EDT 2003


At 10:41 AM -0600 5/16/03, sisneros wrote:
>Friday, May 16, '03
>
>Hello B-Greek:
>   My name is Linda Sisneros.  I am a remedial student of Greek (using
>Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek).  I am about to enter a Ph.D program at
>Trinity Southwest University in Albuq. NM.  Here are my questions:

You might do well to look through the section of the B-Greek FAQ on
transliteration schemes at http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek/faq.txt

>1.)  Can katw (lexicon says this is an adverb) be used as a preverb?
>(Specifically with oikeo, oikis.)

No. The prefix is KATA; THE -A elides before the vowel in the augmented
aorist stem of the verb.

>2.)  The word in question is katoikisen (James 4:5, translated in NRSV,
>"he caused to dwell").  Could this be a combo of katw + oikis rather than
>kata + oikis?  If so, why; if not, why not?

This should be analyzed as KAT(A) + -WiKIS-E(N); KAT(A) with elided -A is
the prefix; OIKIS(A) is the aorist stem, but the OI- in this indicative
form is augmented as Wi-; E(N) is the third-person active ending.

>3.)  The w in katwkisen includes an accent and an iota subscript.  What
>rule applies here?

One rule is augment: the -OI- diphthong augments as -Wi-; the accent is a
matter of accent going back on a finite verb form as far as possible, to
the third syllable from the end if the final syllable  is short, as it is
here.

>4.)  The morph. analysis from Perseus gives aor ind act 3rd sg (with stem
>type izw and dictionery entry katoikizo meaning "remove to" or "plant").
>This would make the translation (re. spirit, which) "is planted" (in us).
>Their World English Bible version renders it " 'The Spirit who lives in us
>yearns jealously?' "  Are either of these correct?

KATOIKIZW means "cause to dwell"; here it governs the relative-pronoun
direct object hO immediately preceding it and having PNEUMA as its
antecedent: "spirit which (He) made to dwell in us."

>5.)  Could the translation of katwikisen possibly include the idea of
>"downward" since this is the meaning of the word katw?  (Obviously, this
>would only be so if #1 above is "yes".)

Not really; as indicated above, the adverb KATW doesn't come into play here
at all, but KATOIKIZW does suggest making something settle down into or
take up residence in a place or thing.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/



More information about the B-Greek mailing list