[B-Greek] DEIKNUMI: 2S endings variation
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Tue Apr 1 08:32:49 EDT 2008
On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:
> 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.
Actually, the form EPIDEIKNUMENAI in Acts 9:39 is present middle
participle, fem. nom. pl.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> 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.
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