[B-Greek] EKTENESTERON in Luke 22:44

Mark Lightman lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 14 13:31:33 EST 2010


Stephen wrote:

<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.>

Hi, Stephen and Kenneth,

The sigma is still there in the comparative, presumably, because unlike in the 
other forms, it is not intervocalic.  (For those of you in Rio Linda, 
"intervocalic" is bombast for "between vowels.")

In fact, as far as I can tell, the sigma in the comparative is the only evidence 
that the stem is εκτενης and not εκτενη/ε, since the sigma in the nominative 
could just be the ending.  (Although maybe the vocative εκτενες also points to 
the sigma as part of the stem.  Is the vocative what you meant by "most forms," 
or is there another form where the sigma does not disappear?)



 Mark L
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From: Stephen Carlson <stemmatic at gmail.com>
To: Kenneth Litwak <javajedi2 at yahoo.com>
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 9:28:03 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] EKTENESTERON in Luke 22:44

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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