[B-Greek] Analytical Greek Lexicon

Bert de Haan b_dehaan at sympatico.ca
Sat Jan 28 08:05:38 EST 2006


On  Wed Jan 18 16:18:06 EST 2006 George Somsel wrote;  "I might note that I 
did own a reprint of Bagster's analytical when I was in school. Fortunately, 
I had the will-power to only use it on the
rarest of occasions.  It's OK to own an analytical -- so long as you
don't use it."

On Wed Jan 18 06:42:51 EST 2006 Carl W. Conrad wrote;
"...an analytical lexicon such as published by the Fribergs is more or
less a crutch that hinders rather than helps one attempting to learn
Greek: one really must learn to recognize the inflected forms
instantaneously and to be able to make quick intelligent guesses at
the lemma."

I don't quite understand this.  One must learn to recognize the inflected 
forms
instantaneously but how can someone do that without starting to read BEFORE 
(s)he knows all the forms?  Right now I am not really going through any 
grammar but I am just reading Greek. I do encounter forms that I don't 
recognize  instantaneously. Yesterday I came across a word that I should 
have know but just couldn't recall. It was ELQWN.  (Seeing that I lacked the 
will power) I looked it up. Now I'll recognize that form, including 
different cases of it, in the future.
Often we are encouraged to use a good lexicon  like BDAG.  How is this not a 
crutch in a way that an analytical lexicon is? After all, we could make 
quick intelligent quesses at the lemma.
Bert de Haan.





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