[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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