[B-Greek] Resources for the Greek Iliad et. al.

Carl W.Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Fri Apr 22 17:19:59 EDT 2005


On Apr 22, 2005, at 5:00 PM, James Ernest wrote:

> With regard to the one specific question in Keith's post:
>
>>> * PHLHIADEW - L&S lexical form: PHLEUS (Epic genitive form. Sg. Used 
>>> in
>>> a paternal context? Gen. of relationship? [I'm not sure here, 
>>> somebody
>>> help me please.]), "son of Peleus."
>
> --no, not genitive of relationship. The patronymic adj. "PHLHIADHS" is
> genitive because attributive to Achilles, which is genitive: "wrath of
> Achilles Son-of -Peleus."

Actually PHLHIADHS is indeed the patronymic masculine noun form (the 
feminine noun form would be PHLHIAS (gen. PHLHIADOS). The patronymic 
adjective is PHLHIOS.

It is true that Homeric Greek is fun for so many reasons: it tells a 
great story that is fun to read and the Greek, being an artificial 
mixture of phrases from several different dialects, it certainly 
provides fascinating details of morphological history. Where else would 
you learn that -EW was in one form of Greek--ancient Ionic dialect-- 
the genitive singular form of a first-declension masculine noun?

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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