I don't think anybody is fully comfortable with his/her understanding of the "tone" of γύναι in Jesus' response to his mother in John's narrative of the Wedding at Cana. J.K. Gayle has an interesting blog entry on it this morning:
http://bltnotjustasandwich.com/2013/11/ ... pel-greek/
Jn 2:4 γύναι: JK Gayle on BLT blog
Jn 2:4 γύναι: JK Gayle on BLT blog
οὔτοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς ὑπέδειξαν,
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)