[B-Greek] 1 Tim 5:20
Mike Sangrey
MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Sun Jun 26 14:54:24 EDT 2005
On Sun, 2005-06-26 at 14:39 -0400, George F Somsel wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:19:57 -0400 Mike Sangrey
> <MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org> writes:
> > 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.
> >
>
> You could be correct though there is a consideration which makes me
> wonder. AN is not a preposition but a modal particle. THAT is what
> makes his example unclear.
It's also the shortened form of ANA. See Liddel & Scott.
--
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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