[B-Greek] Need help!!
nebarry
nebarry at verizon.net
Fri Mar 11 11:47:23 EST 2011
Commentaria infra:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
To: "Sarah Thornberry" <Sarah.Thornberry at jbc.edu>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Need help!!
>
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Sarah Thornberry wrote:
First, Sarah, are you related to Thomas W. Thornberry?
>> Hello all!
>>
>> 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.
>
Carl is right, as he often is... :) However, let me also point out that it
is not uncommon in post-classical authors, such as Josephus or Lucian, even
those Atticizing tendencies, to use a perphrastic form of the perfect
middle-passive in the indicative, which would be λελυτρωμένα εἰμί, and so
you can sneak in a feminine form. Of course, these forms are rare even in
the Classical period.
N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics and Bible @ TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net
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