[B-Greek] EKTENESTERON in Luke 22:44

Stephen Carlson stemmatic at gmail.com
Sun Nov 14 13:34:32 EST 2010


On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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?)

Pretty much, yes. I had originally considered "non-oblique forms" but
changed it to "most forms" in a bid to safeguard accuracy at the
expense of clarity.

Stephen
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Stephen C. Carlson
Graduate Program in Religion
Duke University



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