[B-Greek] ESTIN + participle
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Sat Sep 3 11:30:45 EDT 2005
On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> Col 1:5,6 contains
>
> TOU EUAGGELIOU TOU PARONTOS EIS hUMAS, KAQWS KAI EN
> PANTI TWi KOSMWi ESTIN KARPOFOROUMENON KAI AUXANOMENON
>
> How do KARPOFOROUMENON KAI AUXANOMENON function
> grammatically/syntactically in relation to ESTIN?
Mitch, this is a not uncommon periphrastic present tense: ESTIN
KARPOFOROUMENON KAI AUXANOMENON = KARPOFOREITAI KAI AUXANETAI (with
EUAGGELION as implicit subject).
Carl W. Conrad
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