[B-Greek] KRITIKOS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat May 1 12:56:16 EDT 2004
At 7:53 AM -0700 5/1/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>While studying Hebrews, I came across KRITIKOS (in
>4:12) where it is said to be able to function as:
>
>Adjective: able to judge
>Noun: discerner
>Verb: to judge
Who's arguing that it can be a verb? BDAG has "able to judge" as an
adjectival sense, and that could be substantival so as to mean "one who
discerns"--but I don't see how any one can deem KRITIKOS as equivalent to
KRINW.
>Earlier in 3:14 I was informed that METOCOS could also
>be understood as a participle (per BAGD) and is so
>translated "come to share" by the NIV.
I have the impression that you're confusing translation strategies with
basic word-meanings: because METOCOS means "sharing" or "participating"
doesn't mean that it is a participle in Greek. As an adjective constructed
from the same elements as the verb METECW "share, participate," it can be
used in much the same way as the participle METECWN (i.e. normally with a
partitive genitive object), but that doesn't mean that METOCOS itself is
formally a participle.
>My question really is not about any passage but the
>flexibility that Greek words can exhibit. What is
>going on with the lexical or morpho- nature of
>KRITIKOS that allows it to function as so many parts
>of speech?
I think that there's probably some misunderstanding here, but perhaps part
of your answer has to do with the way in which Greek can construct
different parts of speech from the same elements such as prefix and verbal
root.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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