[B-Greek] morning
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Sep 17 06:14:42 EDT 2008
On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:55 AM, lalboy haokip wrote:
> differences between prwi and orthros (morning)
PRWI is an adverb meaning "very early." ORQROS is a noun meaning
"dawn" or "early morning." The genitive form ORQROU is pretty much
equivalent to the adverb: "at dawn" or "in the early morning."
German has an expression "morgen in der Früh(e)" which is pretty much
comparable to English "early in the morning."
You need to consult a decent (i.e. sufficiently extensive) lexicon for
words like these. One of the tasks that Louw & Nida (Greek-English
Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains, Johannes P.
Louw and Eugene A. Nida, Editors) is particularly good at is
clarifying usage of synonymous and near-synonymous words with nuanced
differences in NT Greek.
Please consult our list's advisory info on citation of Greek texts at http://ibiblio.org/bgreek/bgtransliteration.html
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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