[B-Greek] Mk 5:8 voc or nom?
Steven Lo Vullo
themelios at charter.net
Sat Dec 4 17:19:42 EST 2004
On Dec 1, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Scott Wells wrote:
> EXELQE TO PNEUMA TO AKAQARTON EK TOU ANQRWPOU
>
> Should TO PNEUMA TO AKAQARTON be understood as a vocative in
> apposition to
> the unexpressed subj, or is it a nom of address, or ...?
Hi Scott:
Vocative is correct. It is important to keep in mind that neuter nouns
have the same form in the nominative and vocative. Also, you shouldn't
think of a vocative as being in apposition to an unexpressed subject,
since a vocative is not grammatically related to the rest of the
sentence.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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