[B-Greek] Aspect of KATALLASSWN in 2Cor 5,19
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Sep 26 14:23:17 EDT 2009
On Sep 26, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Peter Streitenberger wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
> in 2Cor 5,19a we read: "hWS hOTI QEOS HN EN CRISTW KOSMON
> KATALLASSWN hEAUTW"
> I aks myself, what aspect the Present Participle KATALLASSWN
> expresses (maybe a gnomic idea) ?
The present participle here construes with HN and is what's termed a
"periphrastic imperfect" formed with a present participle and an
imperfect of the verb EINAI. Thus HN KATALLASSWN is equivalent to
KATHLLASSEN, imperfect 3 sg. of KATALLASSW. There's nothing "gnomic"
about this.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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