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by laurawoods
September 5th, 2025, 11:36 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1
Replies: 4
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Re: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1

What stands out to me is the use of the genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀποπλεῖν paired with its subject ἡμᾶς in the accusative. Normally, I would expect the subject of the infinitive to agree in case with the construction, but here it seems to stand in accusative after the genitive article. Yes,...
by laurawoods
September 4th, 2025, 12:17 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1
Replies: 4
Views: 31744

Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1

Hello everyone, I’ve been working through Acts 27:1 and came across a construction that puzzled me: Ὡς δὲ ἐκρίθη τοῦ ἀποπλεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν, παρέδιδον τόν τε Παῦλον καί τινας ἑτέρους δεσμώτας ἑκατοντάρχῃ ὀνόματι Ἰουλίῳ σπείρης Σεβαστῆς. What stands out to me is the use of the genitive articul...

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