[B-Greek] Mk 5:8 voc or nom?

Steven Lo Vullo themelios at charter.net
Sat Dec 4 17:21:40 EST 2004


On Dec 1, 2004, at 1:26 PM, gfsomsel at juno.com wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:41:31 -0500 "Scott Wells"
> <wellsscott at bellsouth.net> writes:
>> 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 ...?
>> Scott Wells
>> scott.alton.wells at us.army.mil
>>
>> ---
>
> Functionally this is a vocative though its form is nominative.  It is 
> not
> uncommon for the nominative to be used for the vocative.

But George, the neuter nominative and vocative have the same form, so 
why consider it nominative when it is clearly a case of address?
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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