[B-Greek] GUNAIKARIA in 2 Timothy 3:6

+Fr Patrick B O'Grady fatherpatrick at fastmail.fm
Thu Sep 2 14:15:24 EDT 2010


You can usually tell the diff betw the neuter (plural) diminutive and
the feminine (singular) adjectival noun by the accent: antepenultimate
on the former, penultimate on the latter. 
Fr Patrick

On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:07:07 -0400, "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
said:
> 
> On Sep 2, 2010, at 1:44 PM, John Barach wrote:
> 
> > I think they get "silly women" of GUNAIKARIA from similar words which end in -ARIA.
> > MAKARIA -- hapiness
> > ILARIA -- hilaria, rejoicing
> > FLUARIA - foolishness, nonsense
> 
> I rather think there's some mixing of apples and oranges here: MAKARIA
> (μακαρία) hILARIA (ἱλαρία), and FLUARIA (φλυαρία) are all abstract nouns
> formed by adding the suffix -IA (-ια) to an adjectival stem (MAKAR-
> (μάκαρ/μάκαιρα/μάκαρ), hILAR- (ἵλαρος/α/ον), FLUAR- (φλύαρος/α/ον);
> GUNAIKARION (γυναικάριον), on the other hand, is a diminutive of
> GUNH/GUNAIK- (γυνή/γυναικ-), comparable to PAIDARION (παιδάριον),
> diminutive of PAIS/PAID- (παῖς/παιδ-) -- cf. Smyth §852.
> Diminutives in Greek as in many other languages tend to be used in either
> of two ways: as terms of endearment, or as terms of disparagment or
> ridicule.
> 
> 
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> 
> 
> 
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