[B-Greek] Accentuation of PATRADELFOS

Dirk Jongkind dj214 at cam.ac.uk
Wed Dec 14 06:57:01 EST 2005


Sorry to bother the list with a trivial question that does not even 
relate to a word found in the NT.
The normal accentuation of ADELFOS (brother) has the accent on the 
ultimate: ADELFO/S, but LSJ give for a composite of this word, 
PATRADELFOS (uncle on the father's side): PATRA/DELFOS.

In P.Ryl. 119 the original editors print the dative plural as 
PATRADELFOI=S, suggesting a nominative PATRADELFO/S, while the Duke 
Databank has PATRADE/LFOIS, in line with LSJ. Did the editors of the 
Ryland papyri made a slip under influence of ADELFO/S or is the 
accentuation of such words a matter of dispute?

Regards,
Dirk Jongkind

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