[B-Greek] KHRUKAS hUPOSTRWNNUMENOI (MarPol 2.4)

james no_coldpop at hotpop.com
Mon Jan 24 09:27:52 EST 2005


dear b-greekers,
thank you for all your kind replies, whether onlist or offlist.
My puzzlement now has shifted to hUPOSTRWNNUMENOI.
Is it a present middle participle instead of passive?
I'm guessing that Michael Holmes' gloss: "... they were forced to lie on
sharp shells ..."
has something to do with the middle voice (?): expressing a more direct
participation/specific involvement. But I am still guessing (in other words,
help!).
[My gut is telling me that I still didn't get something right (:]

thanks again and God bless

James Pantou

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 at comcast.net>
To: "james" <no_coldpop at hotpop.com>
Cc: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] KHRUKAS, Martyrdom of Polycarp 2.4


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> james wrote:
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> I still have another question (I only have LSJ with me, no BDAG)
>
> > > Is there another instance of the passive of hUPOSTORNUMI with
accusative
> > > that can be translated as: be stretched out on something?
> > > What I mean is, is the construction quite normal for Koine, or is it
in
> > fact
> > > unusual?
>






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