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- October 13th, 2017, 12:30 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: long alpha in dia?
- Replies: 3
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long alpha in dia?
Friends, I was asked why compound verbs with dia augment with eta , but compound verbs with para augment with epsilon . For example, parakaleo becomes the imperfect parekaloun with the epsilon augment, but diakoneo becomes the imperfect diekaloun (with an eta augment). My suspicion is that the alpha...
- October 27th, 2015, 9:10 am
- Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
- Topic: hUPARCHO and EIMI
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2837
Re: hUPARCHO and EIMI
Thanks Carl. I had indeed looked at those definitions, and the discussion in LSJ was helpful as well. There seems to have been a sense of "already in existence" as well as the idea of possession (as the phrase TA hUPARCHONTA attests). When I am reading Greek I try to get a sense of why an ...
- October 26th, 2015, 4:36 pm
- Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
- Topic: hUPARCHO and EIMI
- Replies: 7
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hUPARCHO and EIMI
Does anyone know of resources which discuss the semantic differences between hUPARCHO and EIMI? In particular, any studies which might shed light on why an ancient author (especially in the NT era) would use one instead of the other? I am aware that the evidence suggests significant semantic overlap...