[B-Greek] EKTENESTERON in Luke 22:44

Stephen Carlson stemmatic at gmail.com
Sat Nov 13 23:28:03 EST 2010


On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Kenneth Litwak <javajedi2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I am presuming that EKTENESTERON in Luke 22:44 is a comparative of EKTENHS,
> but where does the Sigma in the middle before the comparative ending come from?

EKTENHS is an s-stem adjective, so the sigma was there all along as
part of the stem.  In most forms of s-stem adjectives, however, the
sigma disappears, but it is still there in the comparative.

Stephen
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Stephen C. Carlson
Graduate Program in Religion
Duke University



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