[B-Greek] Need help!!

Stephen Carlson stemmatic at gmail.com
Fri Mar 11 10:53:03 EST 2011


On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Sarah Thornberry wrote:
>> Just wondering if you could help me find the right form of the verb λυτρόω
>>(lytroō). I am trying to find the perfect passive indicative first person singular
>>form, with a feminine ending. This particular conjugation is not found in Biblical
>>writings. Thanks to anyone who can help!
>
> The pf. pass. indic. 1 sg. is λελύτρωμαι (LELUTRWMAI). These inflected forms
>don't have gender endings; those are found for verbs only in participles.

Indeed, that's right.  You beat me to it.

I suppose, if one *really* wants a feminine ending, one could also go
with the rarer, perfect periphrastic: LELUTRWMENH EIMI λελυτρωμένη
εἰμί. Here, the perfect participle indicates that the speaker is
feminine.  Both mean "I have been redeemed/ransomed."

--
Stephen C. Carlson
Graduate Program in Religion
Duke University



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