Re: [B-Greek] PROÏDOUSA (Gal. 3:8)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Dec 13 05:52:02 EST 2005
On Dec 13, 2005, at 5:24 AM, A. J. Birch wrote:
> Martin Möller asked about PROÏDOUSA, in Galatians 3:8 ('PROÏDOUSA
> DE hH GRAFH...')
>
> It is indeed the nominative singular feminine aorist (2)
> participle, but of PROORAW. The masculine equivalent is in Acts
> 2:31 (PROÏDWN). I think I'm right in saying that this is one of
> those verbs that often present an aorist form but with a present
> meaning.
Not so (it is true of the perfects OIDA and hESTHKA that they have a
present sense); the aorist participle IDWN/IDOUSA/IDON functions just
like any other aorist participle; recall too that, although the
aorist participle in narrative often -- perhaps generally --
indicates action prior to that of the primary verb, it really does
not have tense so much as aspect; so you could convey it here in Gal
3:8 as "having foreseen" or "inasmuch as it foresaw".
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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