[B-Greek] EUPOIIA

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 10 16:50:42 EDT 2004


At 12:29 PM -0700 5/10/04, Eddie Mishoe wrote:
>In Heb 13,16, the following begins the verse
>
>THS DE EUPOIIAS KAI KOINWNIAS MH EPILANQANESQE...
>
>Why doesn't the double iota (in EUPOIIAS) contract in
>any way? Does anyone know the full declension of this word?

Because it's already contracted from EU-POIE-IA; the verb root is EUPOIE-
for EUPOIEW and the abstract-noun formative element is -IA; the word has
four syllables. Or perhaps I should note also that the I of OI is part of a
diphthong rather than an isolated distinct vowel, but the -E- of the verb
root has contracted with that ending -IA.
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Carl W. Conrad
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