[B-Greek] WARNING(virus check bypassed): Re: Adverbial participles - Culy

kgraham0938 at comcast.net kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Mon Sep 5 12:53:19 EDT 2005


No, most of your participles that are adverbial are nominative, but you still will have some in other cases.

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Kelton Graham 
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net

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> Acts 22:17 contains 
> 
> EGENETO DE MOI hUPOSTREYANTI EIS IEROUSALHM KAI 
> PROSEUCOMENOU MOU EN TWi hIERWi GENESQAI ME EN 
> EKESTASEI 
> 
> I read an article by a Dr. Culy on Adverbial 
> participles. At first read, it would appear he teaches 
> that adverbial participles will be in the nominative 
> case and oblique case participles will be adjectival 
> (a few exceptions to this, such as gen. absolutes and 
> when an infinitive is involved). He then gives the 
> above passage as an example, saying that 
> hUPOSTREYANTI, since it is dative, is adjectival. 
> However, he then says, it is appropriate to translate 
> it adverbially! What point is there to insisting upon 
> oblique case participles functioning adjectivally but 
> may or should be at times translated adverbially? Is 
> there general agreement that adverbial participles 
> (with above noted exceptions) MUST be in the 
> nominative case. 
> 
> 
> Mitch Larramore 
> Sugar Land, Texas 
> 
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