[B-Greek] Passive Imperative SUGCARHTE
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat Sep 1 10:43:36 EDT 2007
On Sep 1, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Delbert Flora wrote:
> Luke 15:6
>
> ... SUGCARHTE MOI hOTI hEURON TO PROBATON MOU TO APOLWLOS
>
>
> I am still processing this from earlier posts. How would we understand
> SUGCARHTE in this passage semantically as to voice? There is an Aor
> Midd
> Imp, so the FORM is Passive.
>
> And, where did the Q go (it is not SUGCARQHTE)? Does this drop due
> to some
> liquid verb rule?
You're right that this is Passive in form -- but it's the
"Second" (i.e. archaic) Passive in -H- rather than the "First" (i.e.
later) Passive in -QH-, and if the truth be told, it's actually an
intransitive aorist active. This verb has aorist in SUNECARHN and
future in SUGCARHSOMAI. The meaning is middle rather than passive.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Ret)
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