[B-Greek] KATESTALMENOUS (Acts 19,36)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 6 23:24:20 EDT 2004
At 6:07 PM -0700 4/6/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>ANANTIRRHTWN OUN ONTWN TOUTWN DEON ESTIN hUMAS
>KATESTALMENOUS hUPARCEIN KAI MHDEN PROPETES PRASSEIN
>
>All the sources seem to take KATESTALMENOUS as Perfect
>PASSIVE, Culy/Parsons not withstanding. However, they
>translate this verse:
>
>"Since these things are undeniable, you must restrain
>yourselves and not do anything rash."
>
>KATESTALMENOUS hUPARCEIN form a Perfect periphrastic
>expression, and the translation given by Culy/Parsons
>appears decidely MIDDLE. Does the Passive/Active
>combination yield this Middle sense, or is it safer
>just to understand KATESTALMENOUS as Middle? If so,
>why do most take KATESTALMENOUS as Passive?
Probably a knee-jerk reaction. But I think that Culy/Parsons probably don't
see this so much as a middle but as a predicate adjective with hUPARCEIN as
a copula = EINAI; that is KATESTALMENOUS has more the force of an adjective
here than of a participle. But if one insists on full participial force, I
would prefer to call it middle: it's not as if someone other than those
here addressed are going to do the restraining.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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