[B-Greek] Question on 2 Thess 3:1 (TO LOIPON)

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Feb 13 19:18:12 EST 2009


On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:06 PM, JMonte2000 at aol.com wrote:

> Hi all
>    I am studying syntax and really never looked at  adverbs that  
> much. Even
> in my course we are not dealing with them. I am  translating 2  
> Thess. as a
> project and the first 2 words of 3:1 are TO LOIPON  translated as  
> finally, or
> more literally "for the rest" It's the first adverb  I've seen with  
> an article. I
> guess it's looking or displayed  like an  adjective, functioning as an
> adverb, but I never saw that either.
> Any thoughts would be appreciated. Does this type of thing happen  
> often,
> that is, if it's an adverb?

The fact is that any neuter accusative can be used adverbially. Very  
similar is TO TELOS, with much the same meaning; antithetically PRWTON  
or TO PRWTON. It may be that such usage began with an expression like  
TO LOIPON as a predicate word with an implicit ESTI: "The last/ 
remaining thing is: xxx" -- then "is" gets omitted and "the last  
thing" is simply used adverbially.

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






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