[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Mon Jan 3 13:02:20 EST 2005


At 12:55 PM 1/3/2005, you wrote:
>Charles:
>
>What got my attention in earlier discussions of this
>was your contention that GINOMAI could be translated
>as an Active (incorrectly seconded by Dr. West).

The only incorrect claims made heretofore is that which suggested that the 
middle form (deponent) must be translated middle / passive.

>I
>think you misunderstood the statement made about
>personal and impersonal subjects. With impersonal
>subjects, there cannot be an Active Voice sense quite
>naturally. When the subject is participating in the
>action, the semantics of the voice will be Middle,
>never Active (with any Deponent verb).

Incorrect.  See any of the standard grammars, which you must of course have.

Jim


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