[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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