[B-Greek] Mark 9:30 Subjunctive of GINWSKW
George F Somsel
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Fri Nov 6 01:28:57 EST 2009
95. Second aorist active and middle.(1) Koine extends the -κ- -K- of the singular to the plural in the aorist active indicative: ἐδώκαμεν -ατε -αν EDWKAMEN -ATE -AN, ἐθήκαμεν, ἥκαμεν EQHKAMEN hHKAMEN (there is precedent in the class.period); the old inflection is retained in the middle. (2) The inflection of the subjunctive of ἔδωκα EDWKA has entirely gone over to the pattern of verbs in -οῦν -OUN: δοῖς δοῖ DOIS DOI (δῷ DWi was awkward because in pronunciation it was identical with the 1st sing.δῶ DW) along with δῶ δῶμεν δῶσιν DW DWMEN DWSIN after the pattern ζηλοῖς ζηλοῖ ZHLOIS ZHLOI with ζηλῶ ZHLW etc.; likewise διδοῖς διδοῖ DIDOIS DIDOI (present) and γνοῖς γνοῖ GNOIS GNOI. The aorist optative in Hellenistic is δῴην DWiHN. (3) Koine has -βα -BA etc. (Attic from *-βαε *-BAE etc.) in the imperative along with -βηθι
-BHQI, and accordingly also -στα -STA etc. side by side with -στηθι -STHQI.
Blass, F., Debrunner, A., & Funk, R. W. (1961). A Greek grammar of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (47). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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From: Donald COBB <docobb at orange.fr>
To: B-Greek [B-Greek] <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thu, November 5, 2009 10:38:55 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Mark 9:30 Subjunctive of GINWSKW
Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone can give some information of the formation of the subjunctive aorist in Mark 9:30: γνοῖ, GNOI. Here's the full verse:
κἀκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες διὰ τῆς γαλιλαίας καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνοῖ
KAKEIQEN EXELQONTES DIA THS GALILAIAS KAI OUK HQELEN INA TIS GNOI
The same form is found in 5:43 and Lk 9:15 and nowhere else in the NT or LXX. I'm assuming it's a somewhat infrequent alternative form for γνῷ, GNW, but my question is more along the lines of where it comes from. Is it a carryover from classical Greek? My first thought would be no, as LS doesn't list the form, but the classicsists (sp?) could no doubt fill in some of the historical details better than my meager knowledge of classical Greek allows me to.
Thanks.
Donald Cobb
Aix-en-Provence, France
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