[B-Greek] Gal 4:4

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Mon Jul 3 20:30:49 EDT 2006



"Carl W. Conrad" wrote:

> 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.

It is what is listed as category #1 in  William G. Macdonald's discussion of
adjectival participles in his _Greek Enchiridion_ (see p. 58).

Jeffrey
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