[B-Greek] XENIZONTA TINA--Acts 17:20

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Nov 12 05:59:16 EST 2007


On Nov 11, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Webb Mealy wrote:

> XENIZONTA GAR TINA EISFEREIS EIS TAS AKOAS hHMWN (Acts 17:20)

> I'm tempted to understand this as saying, "You're bringing somewhat
> unfamiliar ideas to our ears".

I think that's pretty good, actually.

> Can "somewhat" be the nuance brought in by TINA, or is it really,  
> "You're
> bringing some unfamiliar ideas to our ears"?

See BDAG s.v. TIS (indef. rather than interr.): 1.b. (adj.) beta:  
"serving to moderate or heighten"; aleph: "to moderate an expr. that  
is too definite (Just., D. 48, 1 [λόγος LOGOS] . . .  
παράδοξός τις . . . δοκεῖ μοι εἶναι  
PARADOXOS TIS ... DOKEI MI EINAI  [your statement], in my judgment,  
does not make much sense …"

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)




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