φύλαττε τὰ σά
Posted: September 2nd, 2013, 5:39 am
Κἂν ἀδιόρθωτος μένῃ, κἂν κλέπτῃ, φύλαττε τὰ σά· [from Chrysostom, Homily 15 to the Ephesians]
Yea, and if she remain incorrigible, yea, though she steal, take care of thy goods, [NPNF]
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know whether the gender of a possessive pronoun depends on the gender of the person one is speaking to, or on the gender of the substantive that it is an attribute of, if that is the way to put it. I think it's the latter, in which case its form is the same whether the person one is addressing is male or female, but I would like to check.
Specifically, is the σά above neuter, agreeing with τὰ? Does it tell you anything about whether the person is masculine or feminine?
(I have looked at more than one grammar, but not found a clear statement on this.)
Thanks, Andrew
Yea, and if she remain incorrigible, yea, though she steal, take care of thy goods, [NPNF]
Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know whether the gender of a possessive pronoun depends on the gender of the person one is speaking to, or on the gender of the substantive that it is an attribute of, if that is the way to put it. I think it's the latter, in which case its form is the same whether the person one is addressing is male or female, but I would like to check.
Specifically, is the σά above neuter, agreeing with τὰ? Does it tell you anything about whether the person is masculine or feminine?
(I have looked at more than one grammar, but not found a clear statement on this.)
Thanks, Andrew