[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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