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From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 06:39:44 EDT


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At 1:23 AM -0400 4/10/02, Polycarp66@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/10/2002 12:38:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net writes:
>
>This is not a dumb question. I take AUTOUS as the subject of the infinitive
>hOMILEIN. I could be wrong.
>___________________________
>
>No, you're absolutely correct. Wallace, p. 193 has
>
>5. Accusative Subject of the Infinitive
>a. Definition
>The accusative substantive frequently functions semantically as the subject
>of the infinitive. Though older grammars insist that technically this is an
>accusative of respect, from a descriptive and functional perspective, it is
>better to treat it as subject. This is a common use of the accusative,
>especially with personal pronouns.
>b. Clarification
>
>Normally the subject of the infinitive is the same as the subject of the main
>verb and thus is in the nominative case. For example, in Luke 19:47 we read
>hOI GRAMMATEIS EZHTOUN AUTON APOLESAI (’Äúthe scribes were seeking to kill
>him’Äù).59 But when the infinitive requires a different agent, it is almost
>always put in the accusative case.60
>
>1) English Analogies
>
>Though this usage of the accusative is difficult to grasp, it is not without
>some parallels in English. In the sentence ’ÄúShe wanted me to learn
>something,’Äù ’Äúme’Äù is both the direct object of ’Äúwanted’Äù and the
>subject of
>’Äúto learn.’Äù Greek usage is similar, though more varied (that is to
>say, the
>subject of an infinitive is not always going to do double-duty as a direct
>object, too). Note, for example, Phil 1:12’Äì13: GINWSKEIN DE hUMAS BOULOMAI .
>. . hWSTE TOUS DESMOUS MOU FANEROUS . . . GENESQAI (’Äúnow I want you to
>know’Ķ
>so that my bonds have become manifest’Äù). In v 12 the accusative is both
>object of the verb


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