[B-Greek] Matt. 19:13a
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Oct 1 13:15:31 EDT 2004
At 6:19 AM -0700 10/1/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>TOTE PROSHNECQHSAN AUTWi PAIDIA, hINA TAS CEIRAS
>EPIQHi AUTOIS KAI PROSEUXHTAI
>
>In that the definite article TAS is not nominative,
>can it still function as possessive (his hands)? If
>not, why would the case matter? I've run across
>several of these usages, or so it seems to me.
Yes, certainly TAS will bear the possessive implication, "HIS hands." The
case of the article really is determined by the case of the noun, in this
instance the accusative CEIRAS. This is standard Greek of all periods of
antiquity.
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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