[B-Greek] Correction re: PERIKEITAI (was "Re: Mark 9:42")

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Sep 13 09:40:35 EDT 2006


It was off the top of my head the other day that I said KEIMAI  
functions as the perfect tense for hIHMI -- that's wrong. Rather  
KEIMAI and its compoundsdefinitely did function
for the perfect of TIQHMI and its functions. Some snippets that come  
to mind:

Mt 3:10 HDH DE hH AXINH PROS THN hRIZAN TWN DENDRWN KEITAI

NOMOS EN LOKROIS KEITAI ... "There's a law on the books in Locri ... "

On Sep 12, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

>
> On Sep 12, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2006, at 11:55 AM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>>
>>> MARK 9:42 KAI hOS AN SKANDALISHi hENA TWN MIKRWN TOUTWN TWN
>>> PISTEUONTWN [EIS EME], KALON ESTIN AUTWi MALLON EI PERIKEITAI MULOS
>>> ONIKOS PERI TON TRACHLON AUTOU KAI BEBLHTAI EIS THN QALASSAN.
>>>
>>> LUKE 17:1 EIPEN DE PROS TOUS MAQHTAS AUTOU: ANENDEKTON ESTIN TOU TA
>>> SKANDALA MH ELQEIN, PLHN OUAI DI' hOU ERCETAI:  2 LUSITELEI AUTWi EI
>>> LIQOS MULIKOS PERIKEITAI PERI TON TRACHLON AUTOU KAI ERRIPTAI EIS  
>>> THN
>>> QALASSAN H hINA SKANDALISHi TWN MIKRWN TOUTWN hENA.
>>>
>>> The same tense sequence of present followed by perfect is found in
>>> Luke 17:2 where ERRIPTAI is found for BEBLHTAI. Codex Bezae D*  
>>> (first
>>> hand) reads PERIEKEITO ... ERIPTO  in Lk 17:2  and PERIEKEITO ...
>>> EBLHQH in Mk 9:42. This suggests that some scribe had a problem with
>>> the tense sequence.
>>>
>>>
>>> The aspect sequence in the received text (USB3/4 NA26/27) of Mk 9:42
>>> Luke 17:2 is imperfective ... stative. If we follow the "standard"
>>> aspect theory PERIKEITAI would be imperfective "incomplete action"
>>> and BEBLHTAI ERRIPTAI would be a stative "a given state of affairs".
>>>
>>> Now a question for the aspect theorists. In what sense is PERIKEITAI
>>> incomplete?
>>
>> I think the answer to this question will be found in the semantics of
>> the word PERIKEITAI. The word can mean to wear (to have around like a
>> scarf or cloak) which would be an ongoing and therefore incomplete
>> activity. See Acts 22:23.
>>
>> ACTS 22:23 KRAUGAZONTWN TE AUTWN KAI hRIPTOUNTWN TA hIMATIA KAI
>> KONIORTON BALLONTWN EIS TON AERA,
>
> Somewhat simpler with regard to PERIKEITAI -- and indeed all
> compounds of KEIMAI -- is the fact that KEIMAI and its compounds
> regularly in ancient Greek function as the perfect passive for hIHMI
> and its compounds. One common Classical Attic usage: KEITAI hO
> ARGUROS EN THi TRAPEZAi: "The money is on deposit (= has been
> deposited) in the bank."




Carl W. Conrad
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