[B-Greek] 1 Tim 1:1 implied verbal
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Mon Sep 5 17:33:08 EDT 2005
On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> 1 Tim 1:1 contains
>
> PAULOS APOSTOLOS CRISTOU IHSOU KAT’ EPITAGHN QEOU
>
> (My recent questions and these from 1 Tim are the
> result of reading some Greek diagramming works. I hope
> my questions are not too many. I've been learning
> Greek on my own and this is really my only source of
> instruction.)
>
> The diagram has KAT' EPITAGHN modifying APOSTOLOS. It
> seems to me that the prep. phrase would modify a
> verbal idea, and that what it could modify is an
> implied verbal adjective like Paul uses elsewhere. For
> example, would it be more accurate to supply some
> verbal adjective like KLHTOS and have the prep. phrase
> directly modify it? I guess there could even be an
> implied finite verb.
I really don't think there's any alternative to linking KAT' EPITAGHN
QEOU to APOSTOLOS (as an equivalent of APESTALMENOS).
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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