[B-Greek] 1 Tim 5:20
Mike Sangrey
MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Sun Jun 26 14:19:57 EDT 2005
On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 18:20 -0400, George F Somsel wrote:
<snip>
>
> There is, however, another consideration which is raised by Smyth, if I
> understand him correctly. In § 1643 he states, "The preposition-adverb
> may do duty for the verb in parallel clauses." It could thus be that
> BOTH a public sin AND a public rebuke are envisioned. By being placed
> between the two verbs, it would thus lend itself to such an
> understanding.
Since you wondered whether you've understood Smyth correctly, let me
suggest you haven't. I'm pretty sure (though perhaps *I*
misunderstand!) the point is that a preposition-adverb can stand IN THE
PLACE OF a repetition of the verb. The example he gives is ANDRES
ANESTAN, AN MEN AP' ATREIDHS ... where the AN sort of "picks up" the
sense of "rose up" in the verb ANESTAN. I think this works simply
because the verb is a compound of the preposition that is used in the
parallel clauses.
--
Mike Sangrey
msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org
Landisburg, Pa.
"The first one last wins."
"A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."
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