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- December 7th, 2014, 2:50 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: βούλομαι followed by nominative participle?
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Re: βούλομαι followed by nominative participle?
I would agree with George that the Nom participle sets forth prior conditions to the fulfilling of the finite verb, except that the phrase is introduced by πρῶτον μεν. This is precisely the difficulty, since the participial phrase is clearly the first "object" of βούλομαι, rather than the ...
- November 25th, 2014, 11:08 pm
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: βούλομαι followed by nominative participle?
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βούλομαι followed by nominative participle?
Wow, it has been a long time since I was last on B-Greek! Hello to old and new friends/acquaintances. I was reading in Demosthenes, Against Conon (54.6). I translated a passage, and was not bothered a bit by it, and then one of my 4th year students said "what the heck is going on here?" I ...