[B-Greek] Infinitive voice (Mark 3:25)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Jan 29 20:47:05 EST 2004
At 5:45 PM -0300 1/29/04, John Colby wrote:
>How important is the voice of an infinitive? Would its passive endings be
>in the same catogory as the QH endings? For example Mark 3:25:
>
>KAI EAN OIKIA EF hEAUTHN MERISQHi, OU DUNHSETAI H OIKAI EKEINH STAQHNAI.
>
>And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to
>stand.
>
>"Nor can a household that splits into hostile groups remain stable."
>
>Any help appreciated.
There is in fact nothing passive about STAQHNAI; although most of the
textbooks will tell you that -QH- in aorist and future forms are passive,
they'll also tell you about the so-called "deponents" with -QH- forms that
aren't passive in meaning. The simple fact of the matter is that STAQHNAI
means the same thing as STHNAI: intransitive "stand." You might want to
look at BDAG s.v. hISTHMI in intransitive sense B.4.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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