[B-Greek] DEIKNUMI: 2S endings variation

Kokkee Ng kokkee at streamyx.com
Tue Apr 1 07:29:28 EDT 2008


Isn't EPIDEIKNUS a pres ptc form rather the 2 sg P-A-I?

Kokkee Ng
Bible College of Malaysia

Carl Conrad wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:07 PM, Carlton Winbery wrote:
>
>   
>>> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>>> A quick-and-easy question if I may, in the interests of exactness:
>>> 1. I note from Smyth s418 that 2S-P-A-I of DEIKNUMI is DEIKNUS.
>>> 2. Mounce BBG p364 listing his athematic paradigms, has the same
>>> being DEIKNUEIS
>>> 3. Mounce MBG p308 v-3c(2) notes also that athematic DEIKNUMI has a
>>> thematic variation, DEIKNUW.
>>>
>>> Is it reasonable to assume that for the athematic conjugation, Smyth
>>> is correct and that Mounce has, in the instance of 2S-P-A-I,
>>> introduced the thematic form in his athematic conjugation?
>>>
>>> Rgds
>>> Stephen Baldwin
>>> stbaldwi at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>       
>> Steve,
>>
>> In John 2:18 the second sing. form is DEIKNUEIS, but in Acts 18:28
>> the second sing. is EPIDEIKNUS. There is both a MI form and a W form.
>>     
>
> To explain a little more fully, the older -MI verbs were beginning to  
> become standardized as -W verbs; the -NUMI verbs did this first and  
> were becoming -NUW verbs; another common -MI verb that was changing is  
> AFIHMI, for which we see numerous forms in the GNT that are based on  
> AFIW conjugation.
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
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