[B-Greek] Phil. 1:13
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed May 12 22:32:31 EDT 2004
At 5:31 PM -0700 5/12/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>hWSTE TOUS DESMOUS MOU FANEROUS EN CRISTWi GENESQAI EN
>hOLWi TWi PRAITWRIWi KAI TOIS LOIPOIS PASIN
>
>Can someone please help me identify how each phrase
>works here? What is the "subject" of GENESQAI? Seems
>like either TOUS DESMOUS or FANEROUS could be since
>they are both accusative.
>
>And, does GENESQAI function as a finite verb here? If
>so, why?
TOUS DESMOUS MOU is the subject of GENESQAI and FANEROUS is a predicate
adjective with EN CRISTWi as a modifier of FANEROUS GENESQAI; the
construction is accusative subject, infinitive verb, and predicate
adjective; if it WERE formulated with a finite verb (and hWSTE can take an
indicative, even if it quite commonly, as here, takes an infinitive + acc.
subject construction), it would be something like ... hWSTE hOI DESMOI MOU
FANEROUNTAI EN CRISTWi ... I think it's fair to say that FANERON GENESQAI
is equivalent to FANEROUSQAI.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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