[B-Greek] Acts 21,10 enclitic TIS
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Wed Apr 7 21:45:30 EDT 2004
Eddie Mishoe wrote on
Wed, 7 Apr 2004 17:57:28 ;
> EPIMENONTWN DE hHMERAS PLEIOUS KATHLQEN (KATH^LQEN)
> TIS APO THS IOUDAIAS PROFHTHS ONOMATI hAGABOS
>
> Please pardon my attempt to show accents, but that is
> what my question is about. TIS is enclitic and its
> accent mark, the accute??, appears on the preceding
> verb. But what I don't understand is why it is accute.
> TIS with the accute accent is the interrogative
> pronoun. And TIS here seems to be the indefinite
> pronoun. Why this accute accent on KATHLQEN?
>
> =====
TIS is the indefinite pronoun. The interrogative pronoun is not enclitic so it would have kept its accent.
The enclitic TIS has lost its accent to the preceding word.
Now TIS is pronounced as the last sylable of KATHLQEN. So now the accute is actually not on the ultima any more so it can't change to a grave. (KATHLQEN ends up with two accents.)
This is how I understand it, I hope it is accurate.
Bert de Haan.
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