Re: IEph inscr help please

From: Stephen C Carlson (scarlso1@osf1.gmu.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 19 1996 - 03:21:19 EST


Kenneth Litwak wrote:
> I have looked through all the resources I have (GTU's library is on
>short hours in January and I can't get there) and made several educated
>guesses for what to look up iin BAGD, but I still can't seem to figuure out
>what (HNWMENH in IEph inscr. comes from. I looked under ANO- words,
>and ENO- words and ANW- words, etc. etc. Can someone please tell me
>what this is from?

For the word hHNWMENHi the -MENHi indicates it's either passive or
middle. Since participles don't carry the augment, the long vowel
at the beginning is due to reduplication of the perfect. The long
-W- vowel before -MENHi indicates that the verb is a contract, in
either -AW, -EW, or -OW. Since the word is translated as "united"
in my Loeb, I would go with hEN ("one") + -OW (to make) or hENOW.

hENOW can be found on p. 268, col. 1 in BAGD. It means to unite
and is only found in the passive in our literature. Ignatius is
keen on words meaning unity; you will find hENWSIS "unity" and
hENOTHS "unison" too.

Stephen Carlson

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