[B-Greek] On the general uselessness of the term, "deponent"--LONG post

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 25 12:07:19 EST 2005


Dr. Stepp:

You said:

> A second problem is what to do with a word like
> ARCHW (BBG, 2nd ed., page
> 208).  ARCHOMAI is middle/passive in form but active
> in translation.  Is
> ARCHOMAI therefore deponent?  No, because the active
> form ARCHW is in use.

Active in "translation" is quite different than active
in "meaning." Have you read Dr. Conrad's views on
deponent verbs and are you in agreement or
disagreement with him? 

I would like to see someone list several deponent
verbs that are ACTIVE IN MEANING and cannot be MIDDLE
in meaning. Do you know of such examples?


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Eddie Mishoe
Pastor


		
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