[B-Greek] Future MP1? Correction

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Mar 5 14:45:53 EST 2006


Actually the QH forms are MP2, by my designation; MP1 are all the  
forms in MAI/SAI/TAI;MHN/SO/TO

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
> Date: March 4, 2006 4:54:41 PM EST
> To: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
> Cc: B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Future MP1?
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>
>> I feel reasonably confident that this question will
>> not be worded properly, but here goes? Dr. Conrad has
>> argued, if I understand him correctly, that the
>> QHN/QHS/QH Aorist "Passive" (using traditional
>> terminology) should be Aorist MP, Middle/Passive. Does
>> this same principle apply to the Future Middle and
>> Future Passive morphoparadigms? (Because, if not, then
>> the Future is the ONLY Greek Tense with truly separate
>> Middle and Passive semantic forms, right?)
>
> No, it certainly applies to the future QH forms also. Note that as in
> the case of the aorist QH forms, some are pretty clearly passive in
> sense but others are not, especially those that in traditional
> terminology were called "deponents": DUNHQHSOMAI, POREUQHSOMAI.
> Others, such as EGERQHSOMAI may carry either middle ("I shall rise")
> or passive ("I shall be raised") in sense.
>
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
> 1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
> cwconrad2 at mac.com
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/




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