[B-Greek] DEIKNUMI: 2S endings variation

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Apr 1 08:27:49 EDT 2008


In Acts 19:28 it certainly is a present active participle, but the  
form given in the question was not identified and unaccented; the form  
could certainly be either a present active participle (nom. sg.) or a  
present indicative active. The other forms of EPIDEIKNUMI in the GNT  
are all first aorists.

On Apr 1, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Kokkee Ng wrote:

> 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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Carl W. Conrad
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