[B-Greek] TI in Gal 2.6
Steven Lo Vullo
themelios at charter.net
Tue Nov 30 03:00:19 EST 2004
On Nov 29, 2004, at 12:05 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> BDAG s.v. DOKEW §2 a. intr.
> alpha: have the appearance ...
> beta: be influential, be recognized as being something, have a
> reputation (cp. Sus 5; 2 Macc 1:13. hOI DOKOUNTES (Eur., Hec 295;
> Petosiris, fgm 6 In. 58 hOI DOKOUNTES = the prominent dignitaries;
> Herodian
> 6,1,1; Jos. C. Ap. 1, 67) the influential men Gal 2:2, 6b. A fuller
> expression with the same meaning, with inf. added (X., Cyr. 7, 1, 41;
> Pla,
> Gorg 472a, Euthd 303c hOI DOKOUNTES EINAI TI; Plut. Mor 212b DOKOUNTAS
> EINAI TINAS; Epict., Ench 33, 12; Herodian 4, 2,5; Philo, Mos. 2, 241)
> vss.
> 6a, 9 (Pla., Apol. 6, 21b hOI DOKOUNTES SOFOI EINAI) ...
>
> In usages cited there we see the nominative of the predicate word when
> the
> subject of DOKOUNTES is nominative, the accusative with DOKOUNTAS
> EINAI.
Carl, would you happen to have a fuller quotation from Plut. Mor 212b?
This seems puzzling to me. I'm not sure why the accusative case of the
participle would dictate that the pronoun would also be accusative.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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