[B-Greek] Deponent verbs
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Jul 25 15:24:21 EDT 2006
But note, Mitch, the future ELEUSOMAI from the same root as HLQON
(older HLUQON) and ELHLUQA (older ELHLOUQA).
I never would have considered the active forms HLQON and ELHLUQA
"deponent" in any sense whatsoever, but I've found that some have
referred to them as "deponent" -- perhaps on grounds that any "non-
conformity" to expectations with respect to voice forms may be deemed
a mark of "deponency." Of course, properly speaking, all "aorist
passives" in QHN/QHS/QH are "active" inasmuch as they have an
"active" inflection.
On Jul 25, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>
>
> "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
>
>> Well, the term itself ("deponent"), as I have come
>> to find
>> out, is used by some to refer to ACTIVE forms of
>> verbs
>> that are essentially MIDDLE: for instance, ERCOMAI
>> is a middle verb, but its aorist HLQON and perfect
>> ELHLUQA are sometimes referred to as "deponent."
>
>
> Are there other examples of this pattern but where the
> verb forms all derive from that same root? This looks
> like a 'go, went, gone' example. In the above example,
> the EL- verbs behave the same, whereas the ERC- verb
> differs. I'd be interested in seeing this same
> phenomena with verbs of the same root (Where the Pres
> Ind is an OMAI verb, and its Aorist is built off the
> same root but exhibits Active morphology.)
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
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Carl W. Conrad
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