[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
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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