[B-Greek] Apollonius Canon source
Jarek Romanowski
romanjaro at poczta.onet.pl
Tue Feb 1 18:37:30 EST 2011
Dear Terry,
I know this "suitable definition".
I tried to find this principle (canon) in his "Syntax" (Apollonii Dyscoli PERI SUNTAXEWS) to find out more about this rule and to "confront" with Wallace book but I have not found.
Jarek Romanowski
"Daniel, Robert S" <rob.daniel at hp.com> napisał(a):
> Apollonius of Dyscolus -- is this guy for real? What an apt name for a Koine Greek grammarian! Somebody should tell Prof. Rico's students about this! :-)
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Terry Cook
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 3:37 PM
> To: Jarek Romanowski; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Apollonius Canon source
>
> Perhaps the following will be suitable definition?
>
> APOLLONIUS' CANON: "Apollonius of Dyscolus was a second century A.D. Greek
> grammarian who stated that, usually when a noun is modified by another noun
> in the genitive case, both nouns will have the article prefixed to them or
> neither will have the article. When both nouns are anarthrous, usually they
> are both mutually definite or both indefinite or both qualitativeâŚ. When the
> genitive noun is a proper noun, the article may be absent when the proper
> noun precedes or follows the articular noun and also when it is bracketed
> between the article and the noun."
> �"The rule that when one noun governs another noun (i.e., they occur "in
> regimen") both either have or lack the article. Named after Apollonius
> Dyscolus, a grammarian of the second century a.d. It is usually handled in
> the grammars under a discussion of the genitive since the construction
> includes a head noun and a genitive noun."
> ?(1) Articular: áźÎ˝ ĎÎżĎĎáżł ĎινξĎÎŹ áźĎĎΚν Ďá˝° ĎÎκνι Ďοῌ θξοῌ = by
> this the children of God are manifest (1Jn 3:10). (2) Anarthrous:
> áźÎłÎąĎΡĎοί, νῌν ĎÎκνι θξοῌ áźĎΟξν = dear friends, now we are children of
> God (1Jn 3:2).
> �Apollonius' canon states that in general two nouns in regimen (a noun
> qualified by a genitive noun) will both have articles or both are without
> them. This rule holds true more than eighty percent of the time. There are
> two basic modifications that will explain most exceptions: (1) the head noun
> may be anarthrous while the genitive qualifier is articular, especially if
> the head noun is the object of a preposition, a predicate nominative, or
> vocative; (2) either may be anarthrous if it is a proper name (including
> ÎşĎĎΚοĎ) even though the other may be articular.
> á˝ Ďáźąá˝¸Ď Ďοῌ áźÎ˝Î¸ĎĎĎÎżĎ = the son of man (Mt 9:6).
> ៥ βιĎΚΝξίι Ďοῌ θξοῌ = the kingdom of God (Mk 4:26).
> Ďὸν ÎťĎγον Ďοῌ θξοῌ = the word of God (Acts 13:5).
>
> APOLLONIUS' COROLLARY: "The rule that when one anarthrous noun governs
> another anarthrous noun (i.e., they occur "in regimen") both will normally
> have the same semantic force, whether definite, indefinite or qualitative.
> It is termed a corollary because it is related to Apollonius' canon."
> �"The corollary to this rule (Apollonius' Corollary), developed by David
> Hedges, is that when both nouns are anarthrous, both will usually have the
> same semantic force. That is, both will be, for example, definite (D-D), the
> most commonly shared semantic force. Somewhat less common is
> qualitative-qualitative (Q-Q). The least likely semantic force is
> indefinite-indefinite (I-I). Further, although not infrequently was there a
> one-step difference between the two substantives (e.g., D-Q), only rarely
> did the two nouns differ by two steps (either I-D or D-I). Hedges worked
> only in the Pauline letters, but his conclusions are similar to other work
> done in the rest of the NT."
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jarek Romanowski" <romanjaro at poczta.onet.pl>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:15 PM
> To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [B-Greek] Apollonius Canon source
>
> > Dear friends at B-Greek,
> >
> > Daniel Wallace in his Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics mentioned about
> > Apollonius Canon (p. 250-252).
> > Does somebody know where I can find the original "definition" of this
> > canon? Do you know the name and "a place" (chapter, no. of verse etc.) in
> > Apollonius work?
> >
> > Thank you for help
> >
> > Jarek Romanowski
> >
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