[B-Greek] enclitic question

Mark DelCogliano cassian at bellsouth.net
Thu Mar 10 17:23:40 EST 2005


> In context, the TIS is clearly indefinite, not interrogative.

>> >>>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. <<<

It is not clear to me why the TIS would retain its accent because it follows a paroxytone. Unless I am forgetting something, an enclitic following a paroxytone should not receive any accent. Hence the presence of the acute accent perhaps can be explained by the following guesses:

1. Misprint: either TIS should receive no accent or TIS is a misprint for a two syllable enclitic like TINOS or TINI, which *would* receive an accent (admittedly a grave on the second syllable).
2. TIS with the acute signifies the end of a sentence.  Without more text and context it is difficult to tell the validity of this suggestion.

(You have already ruled out the interrogative possibility)

Mark DelCogliano




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