[B-Greek] Matthew 4:24

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Apr 24 06:30:34 EDT 2004


At 1:10 PM +0900 4/24/04, Raymond Regalado wrote:
>Dear List,
>
>Matt 4:24 ...KAI PROSHNEGKAN AUTWi PANTAS TOUS KAKWS ECHONTAS POIKILAIS
>NOSOIS KAI BASANOIS...
>
>Is the Dative here for POIKILAIS NOSOIS KAI BASANOIS the "Dative of
>Means" (i.e. "ill *by* various diseases and torments")?

Yes: we'd probably use "with" in standard American English.
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Carl W. Conrad
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