[B-Greek] DOKEIS MOI +inf
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Feb 20 15:42:39 EST 2010
On Feb 20, 2010, at 3:31 PM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
> Homer:
>
> δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od.5.342
> DOKEEIS DE MOI OUK APINUSSEIN Od.5.342
>
> Sophocles
> Ajax
> 594 {ΑΙ.} Μῶρά μοι δοκεῖς φρονεῖν,
> 595 εἰ τοὐμὸν ἦθος ἄρτι παιδεύειν νοεῖς.
>
> O.T.
> 401 Κλαίων δοκεῖς μοι καὶ σὺ χὠ συνθεὶς τάδε
> ἁγηλατήσειν· εἰ δὲ μὴ 'δόκεις γέρων
> εἶναι, παθὼν ἔγνως ἂν οἷά περ φρονεῖς.
>
> The second person singular DOKEIS with MOI w/ :or: w/o infinitive doesn't seem to be a New Testament idiom, and for that reason I spent some time pondering it yesterday. It is common in Greek prior to Koine.
It's not clear what you're trying to get at; I don't know how wide-ranging your search was, but it may be worth noting that all the examples you've cited are in verse; what's common in verse is often rare in prose.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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