[B-Greek] Passive Imperatives
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Feb 10 11:46:28 EST 2004
At 7:39 AM -0800 2/10/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>FANHQI is said to be Aorist Passive Imperative of
>FAINW. How would you translate a Passive Imperative?
>Who is being commanded if the Subject receives the
>action of a Passive verb? The agent implied?
The key word here: "is SAID to be"! Do not assume that the so-called
"passive" forms in -QH/H- are necessarily passive; many are intransitive or
middle in force. Here I'd say that FANHQI is simply imperative of the
aorist of FAINOMAI and here ought to be understand in the sense, "show up"
or "put in an appearance" or "make yourself seen."
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Carl W. Conrad
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