[B-Greek] More Basil questions
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Jun 7 13:44:58 EDT 2004
I think it is more likely to be a conditional clause.
MH QAUMAZETE EI . . .
Cf. 1 Jn 3.13
MH QAUMAZETE, ADELFOI, EI MISEI hUMAS hO KOSMOS . . .
gfsomsel
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On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:37:37 +1000 <newsgroupstuff at swiftdsl.com.au>
writes:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George F. Somsel [mailto:gfsomsel at juno.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 12:10 AM
> > To: newsgroupstuff at swiftdsl.com.au
> > Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] More Basil questions
> >
> >
> > I'm still considering EIS DIDASKALOU FOITWSI (It appears to
> > be from FOITAW -- of course, with contraction.). I'm
> > inclined to understand this as hEIS DIDASKALOU FOITWSI "Ifone
> > (someone) regularly changes (from) a teacher." We have an
> > apparent violation of concord which MIGHT be able to be
> > explained KATA SUNESIN though I'm not sure about that
>
> My guess is that FOITWSI is pres ptc act masc/neut dat pl of FOITAW.
> My
> reasoning is: 2nd person of QAUMAZETE rules out 3rd person verb
> forms;
> dative of FOITWSI is to correspond with other datives in the
> sentence, so
> that the whole 'EI KAQ hEKASTHN hHMERAN EIS DIDASKALOU FOITWSI' is
> 'If to
> you who...'.
>
> >
> > gfsomsel
>
> Thanks for the references!
>
> Craig Johnson
> Brisbane, Australia
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