[B-Greek] ANISTHMI (active) w/agent UPO+gen

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 26 17:56:19 EST 2008


On Jan 26, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:

> I just finished reading the introduction to Rutger Allan, "Middle
> Voice in Ancient Greek: A Study of Polysemy" Amesterdam 2003. At the
> same time I was pondering a passage in Thucid. 1.8.2 which seems
> relevant to NT, LXX and early Greek Patristic literature.
>
> MINW ... hOI GAR EK TWN NHSWN KAKOURGOI ANESTHSAN hUP' AUTOU ...
>
> Here we see ANESTHSAN combined with a specified agent hUP' AUTOU
> where MINW is the referent. G.Cooper (53.3.1) lists this citation
> under his discussion of "Neuter" verbs which are "active in form but
> typically intransitive in use" (53.3.0).

I should add that ANESTHSAN in this context involves forced migration  
of the peoples who lived on the islands and were involved in piracy  
and so forth. The semantics of the word isn't the issue so much as  
the active form with the specified agent hUP' AUTOU.


Elizabeth Kline







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