[b-greek] Re: ESTIN with plural subject

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 16 2001 - 13:46:17 EDT


At 10:57 AM -0400 7/16/01, Richard Ghilardi wrote:
>Dear b-greekers,
>
>TIM. A' 1:20 -- hWN ESTIN hUMENAIOS KAI ALEXANDROS...
>
>TIM. B' 2:17 -- ... hWN ESTIN hUMENAIOS KAI FILHTOS

I think that this is a not uncommon construction wherein the second subject
is an add-on; you can translate the effect as something like, "of whom
Hymenaeus is one and Alexander as well ..." or "of whom Hymenaeus is one
and Philetos as well ... "

Smyth at Perseus:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007&query=head%3D%23241

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