[B-Greek] Fw: 2 Peter 1:16

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Apr 26 08:27:16 EDT 2008


I didn't think that Oun was asking for all the superlative and  
comparative adjectival forms in the GNT but rather about superlatives  
of MIKROS in relationship to the superlative form ELACISTOS. If THAT  
was his question, the answer is:
(1) MIKROTEROS, the comparative form is found 5x in the GNT,  
MIKROTATOS not at all;
(2) ELACISTOS is found 14x, once in the interesting form ELACISTOTEROS  
(Eph. 3:8) Ἐμοὶ τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ πάντων  
ἁγίων ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις αὕτη, τοῖς  
ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι τὸ  
ἀνεξιχνίαστον πλοῦτος τοῦ Χριστοῦ  
[EMOI TWi ELACISTOTERWi PANTWN hAGIWN EDOQH hH CARIS hAUTH, TOIS  
EQNESIN EUAGGELISASQAI TO ANEXICNIASTON PLOUTOS TOU CRISTOU].

Fascinating, reminds me of Socrates explaining to Strepsiades(in the  
Clouds of Aristophanes) how to form a feminine of "rooster":  
ALEKTRUAINA -- from ALEKTRUWN. How many "roosteresses" have you come  
across in one lifetime?

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


On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:59 AM, George F Somsel wrote:

> There are superlatives in these passages
>
> Acts 26:5
> Revelation 21:11
> 2 Peter 1:4
> Jude 20
> Revelation 18:12
>
> and comparatives in these
>
> Matthew 3:11
> Matthew 4:2
> Matthew 5:20
> Matthew 6:25
> Matthew 8:12
> Matthew 9:5
> Matthew 9:16
> Matthew 10:15
> Matthew 11:9
> Matthew 11:11
> Matthew 11:22
> Matthew 11:24
> Matthew 12:6
> Matthew 12:41
> Matthew 12:42
> Matthew 12:45
> Matthew 13:32
> Matthew 15:2
> Matthew 16:21
> Matthew 18:1
> Matthew 18:4
> Matthew 19:24
> Matthew 20:10
> Matthew 20:31
> Matthew 21:23
> Matthew 21:29
> Matthew 21:32
> Matthew 21:36
> Matthew 21:37
> Matthew 22:13
> Matthew 22:27
> Matthew 23:11
> Matthew 23:15
> Matthew 23:17
> Matthew 23:19
> Matthew 23:23
> Matthew 25:11
> Matthew 25:30
> Matthew 26:3
> Matthew 26:47
> Matthew 26:53
> Matthew 26:57
> Matthew 26:60
> Matthew 27:1
> Matthew 27:3
> Matthew 27:12
> Matthew 27:20
> Matthew 27:41
> Matthew 27:64
> Matthew 28:12
> Mark 1:7
> Mark 2:9
> Mark 2:21
> Mark 4:31
> Mark 4:32
> Mark 5:26
> Mark 7:3
> Mark 7:5
> Mark 7:36
> Mark 8:31
> Mark 9:34
> Mark 10:25
> Mark 11:27
> Mark 12:31
> Mark 12:33
> Mark 12:40
> Mark 12:43
> Mark 14:43
> Mark 14:53
> Mark 15:1
> Mark 16:14
> Luke 3:13
> Luke 3:16
> Luke 5:23
> Luke 7:3
> Luke 7:26
> Luke 7:28
> Luke 7:42
> Luke 7:43
> Luke 9:13
> Luke 9:22
> Luke 9:46
> Luke 9:48
> Luke 10:12
> Luke 10:14
> Luke 11:22
> Luke 11:26
> Luke 11:31
> Luke 11:32
> Luke 11:53
> Luke 12:4
> Luke 12:18
> Luke 12:23
> Luke 12:48
> Luke 14:8
> Luke 14:10
> Luke 15:12
> Luke 15:13
> Luke 15:25
> Luke 16:8
> Luke 16:17
> Luke 18:25
> Luke 20:1
> Luke 20:32
> Luke 20:47
> Luke 21:3
> Luke 22:24
> Luke 22:26
> Luke 22:27
> Luke 22:44
> Luke 22:52
> John 1:50
> John 1:51
> John 2:10
> John 4:1
> John 4:12
> John 4:41
> John 4:52
> John 5:14
> John 5:20
> John 5:36
> John 6:62
> John 7:31
> John 7:50
> John 8:9
> John 8:53
> John 9:8
> John 10:29
> John 13:16
> John 13:27
> John 13:36
> John 14:12
> John 14:28
> John 15:2
> John 15:13
> John 15:20
> John 19:11
> John 20:4
> John 21:15
> John 21:18
> Acts 2:17
> Acts 2:40
> Acts 4:5
> Acts 4:8
> Acts 4:17
> Acts 4:22
> Acts 4:23
> Acts 5:6
> Acts 6:12
> Acts 11:30
> Acts 13:31
> Acts 14:23
> Acts 15:2
> Acts 15:4
> Acts 15:6
> Acts 15:22
> Acts 15:23
> Acts 15:28
> Acts 16:4
> Acts 16:24
> Acts 17:11
> Acts 17:21
> Acts 17:22
> Acts 18:20
> Acts 18:26
> Acts 19:1
> Acts 19:32
> Acts 20:9
> Acts 20:17
> Acts 21:10
> Acts 21:18
> Acts 23:13
> Acts 23:14
> Acts 23:15
> Acts 23:21
> Acts 24:1
> Acts 24:4
> Acts 24:11
> Acts 24:17
> Acts 24:22
> Acts 24:26
> Acts 25:6
> Acts 25:10
> Acts 25:14
> Acts 25:15
> Acts 27:12
> Acts 27:20
> Acts 28:23
> Romans 9:12
> 1 Corinthians 1:25
> 1 Corinthians 7:9
> 1 Corinthians 7:38
> 1 Corinthians 7:40
> 1 Corinthians 9:19
> 1 Corinthians 10:5
> 1 Corinthians 10:22
> 1 Corinthians 11:17
> 1 Corinthians 12:22
> 1 Corinthians 12:23
> 1 Corinthians 12:24
> 1 Corinthians 12:31
> 1 Corinthians 13:13
> 1 Corinthians 14:5
> 1 Corinthians 15:6
> 1 Corinthians 15:10
> 1 Corinthians 15:19
> 2 Corinthians 1:15
> 2 Corinthians 2:6
> 2 Corinthians 2:7
> 2 Corinthians 4:15
> 2 Corinthians 8:17
> 2 Corinthians 8:22
> 2 Corinthians 9:2
> 2 Corinthians 10:8
> 2 Corinthians 12:15
> Galatians 4:13
> Ephesians 3:8
> Ephesians 4:9
> Ephesians 4:22
> Philippians 1:14
> Philippians 1:23
> Philippians 1:24
> Philippians 2:28
> 1 Timothy 1:13
> 1 Timothy 4:1
> 1 Timothy 5:1
> 1 Timothy 5:2
> 1 Timothy 5:8
> 1 Timothy 5:9
> 1 Timothy 5:11
> 1 Timothy 5:14
> 1 Timothy 5:17
> 1 Timothy 5:19
> 2 Timothy 1:18
> 2 Timothy 2:16
> 2 Timothy 2:22
> 2 Timothy 3:9
> 2 Timothy 3:13
> Titus 1:5
> Titus 2:6
> Hebrews 1:4
> Hebrews 3:3
> Hebrews 4:6
> Hebrews 4:12
> Hebrews 6:9
> Hebrews 6:13
> Hebrews 6:16
> Hebrews 6:17
> Hebrews 6:19
> Hebrews 7:7
> Hebrews 7:15
> Hebrews 7:19
> Hebrews 7:22
> Hebrews 7:23
> Hebrews 7:26
> Hebrews 7:27
> Hebrews 8:6
> Hebrews 9:11
> Hebrews 9:23
> Hebrews 10:8
> Hebrews 10:29
> Hebrews 10:32
> Hebrews 10:34
> Hebrews 11:2
> Hebrews 11:4
> Hebrews 11:16
> Hebrews 11:26
> Hebrews 11:35
> Hebrews 11:40
> Hebrews 12:11
> Hebrews 12:24
> Hebrews 13:19
> Hebrews 13:23
> James 3:1
> James 4:6
> James 5:14
> 1 Peter 1:7
> 1 Peter 1:14
> 1 Peter 3:7
> 1 Peter 3:17
> 1 Peter 5:1
> 1 Peter 5:5
> 2 Peter 1:19
> 2 Peter 2:11
> 2 Peter 2:20
> 2 Peter 2:21
> 1 John 3:20
> 1 John 4:4
> 1 John 5:9
> 2 John 1
> 3 John 1
> 3 John 4
> Revelation 2:19
> Revelation 4:4
> Revelation 4:10
> Revelation 5:5
> Revelation 5:6
> Revelation 5:8
> Revelation 5:11
> Revelation 5:14
> Revelation 7:11
> Revelation 7:13
> Revelation 11:16
> Revelation 14:3
> Revelation 19:4
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>
>
>
> … search for truth, hear truth,
> learn truth, love truth, speak the truth, hold the truth,
> defend the truth till death.
>
>
>
> - Jan Hus
> _________
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
> To: kgraham0938 at comcast.net
> Cc: B-Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:12:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Fw: 2 Peter 1:16
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:04 PM, <kgraham0938 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Oh that one is easy, check out the ending of BEBAIOS.  You'll find  
>> TERON which is the accusative of TEROS the comparative ending for  
>> adjectives.
>>
>> The comparative endings are TEROS, A , OV
>> The superlative endings are TATOS, H, ON.
>>
>> So if you take MIKROS, small. MIKROTEROS, smaller, MIKROTATOS,  
>> smallest.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kelton Graham
>>
>
> Speaking of MIKROTATOS, you have examples in N.T. text? All I remember
> is ELACISTOS in Mt 5:19.
>
> Oun Kwon.







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