[B-Greek] lemma of PROIENAI

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Aug 12 13:33:55 EDT 2009


On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Oun Kwon wrote:

> How do I find the lemma of PROIENAI?

Since it's an irregular verb, you have to know it -- you have to know  
the principal parts of verbs that don't follow a regular pattern.
In this instance, you can analyze the form's elements: prefix PRO- and  
the athematic present infinitive ending -ENAI, which leaves the verb's  
root: -I-, which is recognizably the root of the old verb "go" with  
its present stem EI/I. The lemma is EIMI, the lemma of the compound  
verb is PROEIMI. The basic sense is "come forth" or "go forth."

> I'm interest only in seeing how it differs from EKPOREUSQAI in  
> meaning.

Well, EKPOREUOMAI means "go out of" or "come out of"

>
> This word appears under 'the filioque controversy' at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_creed#English_translations.
>
> I am copying the relevant text:
>
> ... has recently argued that while these words "and the Son
> (Filioque)" would indeed be heretical if associated with the Greek
> verb ἐκπορεύεσθαι of the text adopted by the Council of
> Constantinople, they are not heretical when associated with the Latin
> verb procedere, which corresponds instead to the Greek verb  
> προιέναι,
> with which some of the Greek Fathers also associated the same words.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Oun Kwon.
> ---
> B-Greek home page: http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek
> B-Greek mailing list
> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek




More information about the B-Greek mailing list