[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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