[B-Greek] Acts 17:16 QEWROUNTOS/QEWROUNTI

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Oct 16 06:56:53 EDT 2006


On Oct 14, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Bryant J. Williams III wrote:

> Dear Elizabeth,
>
> Would not EKDECOMENOU require a genitive to follow since the  
> preposition EK
> requires a genitive? With compounds this may not be necessary, but I
> remember something about compound words with EK requiring a subject  
> in the
> genitive with accusative direct object such as we have here. This  
> could also
> apply to other compounds with prepositions requiring a dative, etc.  
> Maybe
> Carl could comment on this?

I don't think it's a genitive absolute but that it is indeed  
dependent on the AUTOU as a circumstantial participle. Regarding the  
note in Culy-Parsons, it's perhaps worth noting that Culy believes  
that adverbial participles are generally in the nominative  case, and  
that may have something to do with the assertion that QEWROUNTOS   
must be part of a genitive absolute. See my post  of Sept 5, 2005  
5:46:23 PM EDT in the archives, 	 "[B-Greek]  Re: Adverbial  
participles - Culy" and my earlier discussion of the article, April  
14, 2004 8:26:32 AM EDT, "Re: [B-Greek] RE: Acts 22:6 Revisited  
(cont.)."	 Culy's article is cited in the Culy-Parsons bibliography:  
"The Clue is in the Case: Distinguishing Adjectival and Adverbial  
Participles, _Perspectives in Religious Studies_ 2004.

> ms III
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
> To: "greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:02 AM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Acts 17:16 QEWROUNTOS/QEWROUNTI
>
>
>> ACTS 17:16 EN DE TAIS AQHNAIS EKDECOMENOU AUTOUS TOU PAULOU
>> PARWXUNETO TO PNEUMA AUTOU EN AUTWi QEWROUNTOS KATEIDWLON OUSAN THN
>> POLIN.
>>
>> Parsons/Culy identify QEWROUNTOS as a genitive absolute. Barrett
>> (Acts ICC) suggests that the genitive QEWROUNTOS looks back to AUTOU
>> whereas QEWROUNTI (Byzantine) to AUTWi.
>>
>> Interesting syntax.
>>
>> The main clause
>> PARWXUNETO TO PNEUMA AUTOU EN AUTWi
>>
>>   with three qualifying constituents
>>
>> EN DE TAIS AQHNAIS
>>
>> EKDECOMENOU AUTOUS TOU PAULOU
>>
>> QEWROUNTOS KATEIDWLON OUSAN THN POLIN
>>
>> Curious that the identity of the main participant TOU PAULOU would be
>> buried in one of the qualifying constituents.
>>
>>
>> Elizabeth Kline
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Carl W. Conrad
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