[B-Greek] Pronominal Adjective - Definition

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon May 28 21:13:22 EDT 2007


On May 28, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Mitch Larramore wrote:

> Here is an OFFLIST answer. Is this acceptable?
>
> Pronoun will have an antecedent.
> Pronominal Adjective will NOT have an antecedent.

No. Only a RELATIVE pronoun will have an antecedent, but PERSONAl  
pronouns (EGW, SU, hHMEIS, hUMEIS, forms of AUTOS used as third  
person pronoun), DEMONSTRATIVE pronouns (hOUTOS, hODE, EKEINOS, etc.)  
will not necessarily have antecedents -- and pronominal adjectives  
won't have antecedents either; they are simply adjectival equivalents  
of the genitive of the personal pronouns that agree with their noun  
in case, gender and number.


Carl W. Conrad
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