[B-Greek] POLIAS kai KNHMAS
Barry H.
nebarry at verizon.net
Thu Apr 16 08:58:18 EDT 2009
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sanders" <john.franklin.sanders at gmail.com>
To: <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
Cc: <B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] POLIAS kai KNHMAS
> 3) Now concerning Mark's idea that in this case the Greek article can
> be function as a possessive adjective. One can present it that way, but I
> do not think it is accurate. For my part, I look at this in three
> possible
> steps: 1) how the Greek works, 2) how we can represent how the Greek
> works
> in English, and 3) how we would translate the Greek in English.
Actually, John, it's a pretty standard feature of the language to omit the
possessive where it may be clear from context, but to retain the article.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Adjunct Faculty, Classics @ Montclair State University
http://www.montclair.edu/
Classics & Bible Instructor @ The American Academy
http://theamericanacademy.net
http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
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