government of τηρέω
Posted: December 21st, 2015, 2:33 pm
I've been working my way through the online textbook by Dr. Shirley that was recommended -- super introduction, thanks to the those who suggested it and especially to the author.
One question from 16.3, number 9 and 16.5, number 8, copied below:
ὑµεῖς τηρεῖτε ἑαυτοὺς καθαροί.
οἱ ἁµαρτωλοὶ οὐ τηροῦσιν ἑαυτοὺς καθαρούς.
In the first sentence, it seems τηρέω takes accusative and nominative arguments, but in the second, accusative and accusative.
Does τηρέω allow both types of government in free variation, or am I missing something here?
My apologies if I've missed the obvious explanation in this very book. Same apologies if there's an easy way to find the answer in Smyth, which I know is online, but I got bogged down in looking around for this.
One question from 16.3, number 9 and 16.5, number 8, copied below:
ὑµεῖς τηρεῖτε ἑαυτοὺς καθαροί.
οἱ ἁµαρτωλοὶ οὐ τηροῦσιν ἑαυτοὺς καθαρούς.
In the first sentence, it seems τηρέω takes accusative and nominative arguments, but in the second, accusative and accusative.
Does τηρέω allow both types of government in free variation, or am I missing something here?
My apologies if I've missed the obvious explanation in this very book. Same apologies if there's an easy way to find the answer in Smyth, which I know is online, but I got bogged down in looking around for this.