[B-Greek] EGEIRW

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Nov 19 20:07:41 EST 2003


At 7:04 PM -0600 11/19/03, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:
>John Colby wrote:
>
>> Mark 2:12 says of the PARALUTIKOS (lame man), HGERQH. Should this be "he
>>rose up" or "he was raised up"? I know that EGEIRETAI (a MP form) can
>>mean "he wakes up". Is the same thing happening with HGERQH (a distinct
>>passive form)? Any help is appreciated.
>
>Literally, it is "was raised".  But as Joel Marcus notes,  "the aorist
>passive of this verb is usually translated as an intransitive active"
>(Mark, 218).  He goes on, citing Moulton, Howard, & Turner (1.163), to say
>"but this form can also, depending on the context, have a true passive
>sense".

It can, but unless there's a clear indication of an external factor
responsible, one ought to assume that HGERQH is intransitive. The simple
fact of the matter is that HGERQHN is middle-passive just exactly as
EGEIROMAI is. We've discussed the overlap between ANISTAMAI/EGEIROMAI and
the active counterparts ANISTHMI/EGEIRW several times on the list. This is
the verb that got me started originally on my explorations of
middle-passive and so-called "deponents."
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
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