[B-Greek] Creed of Nicaea change in gender
George F Somsel
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Sun Jul 13 16:56:52 EDT 2008
It appears to be an adverbial usage of an adj.
In class. Greek a predicative adj., especially a temporal numeral ending in -αῖος, may correspond to an adverb, since it defines a verb. Although this idiom is rare in NT, yet in the neuter gender it became increasingly popular in post-classical Greek and eventually became the regular way of forming adverbs in MGr.
Moulton, J. H., & Turner, N. (1963). A grammar of New Testament Greek, Volume 3: Syntax. Vol. 1: 2d ed., with corrections and additions. (224). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
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From: John Wilking <jcwilking at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 4:42:02 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Creed of Nicaea change in gender
Can anyone shed light on why there is a change in gender in the creed,
OUSIAS/hOMOOUSION?
EK THS OUSIAS TOU PATROS...hOMOOUSION TWi PATRI
John C. Wilking
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