[B-Greek] enclitic question

James Ernest jdemail at charter.net
Thu Mar 10 16:51:45 EST 2005


Thanks, Randy.
In context, the TIS is clearly indefinite, not interrogative.
James


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> James Ernest wrote [Hello, James]
> 
> >>>In this phrase from an edition of a catena on Matthew:
> 
> LOGIKWTA/TH TI/S FU/SIS
> 
> the enclitic TIS retains its accent because it follows a 
> paroxytone. But why is that accent acute rather than grave? 
> Cf. Smyth 154.a. <<<
> 
> I don't see a reply to this message yet in the archives, so, 
> James, if you haven't gotten it worked out already, I'll take 
> a crack at it. Are you sure the word is TI\S indefinite, as 
> opposed to TI/S interrogative? (You didn't give much context: 
> could it read "What creature [is] most
> rational?") If TI/S is interrogative, then its accent is 
> acute because the interrogative nature of TI/S causes it to 
> keep the rising tone, and the accent on the interrogative 
> never changes to grave. I can't reference Smyth for you, 
> since I don't own that one.
> 
> If it is in fact indefinite, then I wonder whether you're 
> looking at a misprint of some sort.
> 
> Blessings in Christ! (Acts 3:26),
> 
> Randy Leedy
> Bob Jones University Seminary
> Greenville, SC
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