[B-Greek] Lexicography - Acts 2.13
Doug &Val McEachern
applejuice at ozemail.com.au
Tue May 18 04:53:59 EDT 2004
I should have added that since the text has hOTI, I thought that was the
indicator that what follows is direct speech, and so GLEUKOS would drop back
to lower case Gamma.
hOTI GLEUKOS....
thanks for help.
Doug McEachern
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug &Val McEachern" <applejuice at ozemail.com.au>
To: "B_GREEK" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Lexicography - Acts 2.13
> Greetings all,
> I have question, again no doubt of a very basic nature.
> In following this discussion I notice that GLEUKOS begins with an upper
case
> Gamma, in my copy of the GNT.
> In trying to wade through elementary Greek grammar I have read that words
> are only capitalised if proper nouns, beginning a new paragraph or
beginning
> direct speech.
> Since the only condition applicable would seem to that of a proper noun,
can
> that GLEUKOS being referred to here be understood to be some sort of brand
> name drink, which happens to have a reasonably high alcohol content (sort
of
> the Jack Daniels of Jerusalem)?
> Or, what other conditions allow for capitalisation?
>
>
> Doug McEachern
>
>
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