[B-Greek] Gal 4:4

frjsilver at optonline.net frjsilver at optonline.net
Mon Jul 3 20:28:13 EDT 2006


Dear Friends --

In a nutshell, all participles of whatever tense or mood are adjectives, or -- perhaps more precisely -- verbs in adjectival aspect.  

Of course, tense and mood must color our understanding and translation of these forms.

And then we have gerunds and gerundives, but that's another story....   [[;-)33

Peace and blessings to all.

Father James Silver

Monk James
Orthodox Church in America


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
Date: Monday, July 3, 2006 8:19 pm
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Gal 4:4

> 
> On Jul 3, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:
> 
> > It is correct to think that the participles in Gal. 4:4 
> (GENOMENON [EK
> > GUNAIKOS],  GENOMENON hUPO NOMON) are adjectival participles 
> and, more
> > specifically, ascriptive attributive participles?
> 
> I have to confess to ignorance of what an "ascriptive attributive  
> participle" is, nor have I found it in a quick check of indexes of 
> 
> the grammars I regularly consult.  I do think I'd call these  
> participles adjectival, equivalent to relative clauses.
> 
> 
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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