[B-Greek] Why the first sigma in akousthēsomai?

Louis Sorenson llsorenson at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 4 00:58:37 EDT 2010


Andy,

I'll take a stab at it.  The future passive system is hand in hand with the First Passive system (Smyth §585ff).  Smyth §489 specifically talks about how some of those forms have a sigma inserted before the QHS -θης in the first aorist passive systems. Perhaps by analogy? Smyth does not seem to list any first future passives with the -σθη-, but Smyth does list ἀκούω AKOUW as showing only an aorist passive with a sigma HKOUSQHN  (cf. §489.e0

Louis Sorenson

From: dolan at lasalle.edu
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 00:07:06 -0400
Subject: Why the first sigma in akousthēsomai?

















Hi, folks.

 

Can someone explain the rule behind the inclusion of the
first sigma in the future passive forms of akouō, e.g., akousthēsomai? 
I’ve been reviewing Smyth’s grammar but cannot find (or recognize) the correct
principle.

 

I’m newly returning to the B-Greek list and not sure whether
the system is Unicode enabled.  If it is, here’s the question with the Greek
characters:  Can someone explain the rule behind the inclusion of the first
σ in the future passive forms of ἀκούω, e.g.,
ἀκουσθήσομαι?

 

Many thanks!

Andy











 		 	   		  


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