[B-Greek] John 4:7 DOS MOI PEIN
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Jul 25 21:39:09 EDT 2007
On Jul 25, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Delbert Flora wrote:
> Gospel of John 4:7...LEGEI AUTHi hO IHSOUS, DOS MOI PEIN.
>
> Im trying to understand Infinitives, and would like for anyone to
> explain to me the syntax of DOS MOI PEIN. I understand that MOI is
> an unusual instance of a Dative used as subject of an Infinitive.
> In what sense is MOI acting as the subject of PEIN?
I would understand this as an ellipsis DOS is imperative, there's an
implicit object TI ('something') and PEIN is an epexegetic or
explanatory infinitive: "Give me something to drink" = "Give me
something for drinking." I would not, in any case, ever try to
explain MOI as subject of PEIN.
Carl W. Conrad
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