[b-greek] Re: MEGALUNEI

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 10:47:18 EST


At 9:39 AM -0600 10/30/01, Ed Garcia wrote:
>In reading Luke 1:47 I ran across the word MEGALUNEI. I fairly well
>understand what the word means but what puzzles me is what words is it
>composed of? I can detect the word MEGA or MEGAL, but how should I
>understand the rest of the word? Is it a compound word, if so what is the
>second word? Is there some sort of vowel change going on involving the U?
>Just curious but if any one has any thoughts I would appreciate it. Thank
>you

-UN-O/E is one class of the -N-O/E formative element for present-tense
stems. See Smyth #523e at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007&layout=&loc=523

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