Mt.28:1 τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων

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Stephen Hughes
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Mt.28:1 τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων

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With φῶς being from (or closely related to) φάος (cf. Aeolic φαῦος), and the ἐπιφαύσκειν being the Attic form of the verb and ἐπιφώσκειν being the Ionic form of the same verb, what grounds is there for separating them into two different dictionary entries?

Do I understand correctly that ὑποφώσκειν is the first hint of light glowing on the horizon, διαφώσκειν is as the glow continues to grow and lights up the sky and ἐπιφώσκειν is when the first rays of light breech the horizon and shine upon the land?
Matthew 28:1 wrote:τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων
Ephesians 5:14 wrote:Ἔγειρε ὁ καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ χριστός.
Genesis 44:3 wrote:τὸ πρωὶ διέφαυσεν καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀπεστάλησαν αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ὄνοι αὐτῶν
Of the three alternative suffix pronouns, only υποφώσκει seems to have survived into (literary) Modern Greek.
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
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Re: Mt.28:1 τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων

Post by Stephen Carlson »

A great question for corpus linguistics.
Stephen C. Carlson, Ph.D.
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