[B-Greek] DHMOSIAi -- always adverbial? or sometimes adjectival?
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Jan 1 16:23:39 EST 2007
On Monday, January 01, 2007, at 03:52PM, "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>On Dec 31, 2006, at 10:40 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
>> Insofar as this topic seems to involve little more than claim and
>> counter-claim regarding whether or not the dative singular form
>> DHMOSIAi is 'always' adverbial in Hellenistic Greek or whether it
>> is sometimes -- and perhaps in Acts 5.18 (EN THRHSEI DHMOSIAi)
>> adjectival, it's getting somewhat tedious. I don't know that either
>> contention can really be PROVEN, but it might be facilitated to
>> some degree if anyone with access to the TLG corpus can do a search >> for instances of DHMOSIAi in texts of the 2nd c. BCE thru 3rd c. CE
>> where DHMO;SIAi arguably qualifies a dative feminine singular noun.
>
>Carl,
>
>This looks like an adjective EPI THi DHMOSIAi SFRAGIDI
Yes, "on the seal of the city" -- and since it's sandwiched between the
article and the noun, there can be no doubt that its an adjective.
>Strabo Geogr., Geographica, Book 9, chapter 3, section 1, line 23,
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> 20
>EPI TON KRISAION KOLPON, hH D EK TOU PROS hEW TELEUTWSA
>EPI THN PROS EUBOIAi QALATTAN. KALOUNTAI D hOI
>MEN hESPERIOI LOKROI KAI OZOLAI, ECOUSI TE EPI THi DHMOSIAi SFRAGIDI
>TON hESPERON ASTERA EGKECARAGMENON:
>hOI D hETEROI DICA PWS KAI AUTOI DIHiRHMENOI, hOI MEN
Yes, and so does this other one that Elizabeth shared with me earlier:
On Monday, January 01, 2007, at 01:57PM, "Elizabeth Kline" <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>Carl,
>
>Is this what you are looking for? EN hRWMHi DHMOSIAi
"by power of the people"? This might be more ambiguous, but it looks adjectival.
>
>Strabo Geogr?, Geographic?, Book 16, chapter 1, sect. 28, l. 26
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>
>ELPIDA TAUTHN TOUS KAKOURGOUNTAS. TWN MEN OUN PAIDWN hOSOI PERIEISIN
>EN hRWMHi DHMOSIAi BASILIKWS THMELOUNTAI: KAI hOI LOIPOI DE BASILEIS
>PRESBEUOMENOI KAI
>EIS SULLOGOUS AFIKNOUMENOI DIATETELEKASIN.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
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