[B-Greek] BBG: Appendix Errors?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Aug 5 19:24:37 EDT 2007


On Aug 5, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Stephen Baldwin wrote:

> Ladies and Gentlemen:
> I was wondering whether someone might verify that these are  
> mistakes in
> Mounce and not me being stupid (doubtless a much higher probability):
>
> Basics of Biblical Greek (Appendices) / Mounce ss80: p376 : Infinitive
> DEIKNUSQAI:   Mounce=F-M-Inf        Baldwin=P-MP-Inf (cf Smyth ss422)

Yes, the future middle inf. would be DEIXESQAI

> hESTANAI:       Mounce=Pf-MP-Inf    Baldwin=2Pf-A-Inf (cf MBG/ 
> Mounce ss84
> footnote 2)

This is perhaps a quibble; you might want to specify that hESTANAI is  
"second" perfect infinitive, while hESTHKENAI is "first perfect  
infinitive" but the two forms have the same force; the "second  
perfect" is a more archaic form still in use. You might compare the  
more archaic strong perfects of some verbs in American English as  
opposed to the "weak" perfects of British English.


Carl W. Conrad
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