[B-Greek] please explain
Barry H.
nebarry at verizon.net
Thu Sep 17 08:07:53 EDT 2009
----- Original Message -----
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: "Herb Picoski" <pic3lite at telus.net>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] please explain
> First, you have misconstrued the verb. It is not 2nd (whether sg or pl)
> but 3 pl nor is it middle but passive. Here we have a subject in the pl:
> TA PANTA. This is categorized as TA hORATA and TA AORATA (with its
> subcategories introduced by EITE). The subject is then resumed with TA
> PANTA. The verb is pl because the subject is plural.<<
Actually, the form of the verbs is singular, the old "neuter plural subjects
may take a singular verb" option in Greek.
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
More information about the B-Greek
mailing list