[B-Greek] Adjectival or Adverbial participle

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Sep 3 11:28:50 EDT 2005


On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

>
> Col 1:3 contains
>
> EUCARISTOUMEN TWi QEWi... PROSEUCOMENOI
>
> Am I right in saying that PROSEUCOMENOI (anarthrous)
> can be either Adjectival/Substantial (we, who pray,
> give thanks) or Adverbial (we give thanks while/when/
> praying...)?

No, I think this must be adverbial; were it adjectival, I would  
expect hOI PROSEUCOMENOI.

Carl W. Conrad
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