[B-Greek] Postpositive DE

Joseph Weaks j.weaks at tcu.edu
Wed Feb 25 16:33:13 EST 2004


John,
The part that's confusing you is that post-positive means that it moves 
from the first position to the second or third if need be position not 
of a "sentence", but of a clause or even phrase.
>> 8. [...EIS hON ARTI MH hORWNTES ] [PISTEUONTES DE AGALLIASQE CARA...]

"Not seeing him now,
but believing you rejoice yada yada yada "

>> 12.[ ...OUC EAUTOIS]  [hUMIN DE DIHKONOUN...]

"Not themselves, but you"

Verse 12 seems to me to be two conjuncted clauses with the verb of the 
first clause being elided. So, while not at the beginning of a 
sentence, the DE is still post-positive, in position 2, of it's clause.

Cheers,
Joe

On Feb 25, 2004, at 2:59 PM, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> Yes, you're right. They're postpositive.
>
> 				Yours,
> 				Harold Holmyard
>
>> Normally I encounter DE postpositively at the beginning of a 
>> "sentence".
>> Can it be postpositive in the middle of a "sentence"? These two 
>> verses in
>> I Peter 1 are confusing to me:
>>
>> 8. ...EIS hON ARTI MH hORWNTES PISTEUONTES DE AGALLIASQE CARA...
>>
>> 12. hOIS APEKALUFQH hOTI OUC hEAUTOIS hUMIN DE DIHKONOUN AUTA...




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