On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:38:30 -0600 "Carl W. Conrad" writes: > At 10:34 PM -0800 1/20/01, dixonps@juno.com wrote: > >Aren't the aorist middle infinitive and aorist passive infinitive > forms > >the same? > > No. Aorist middle = NIYASQAI; the aorist passive infinitive, if > there is > one, would be NIFQHNAI. And although there's an active NIPTW, the 17 > instances of this verb in the GNT don't display a passive. From my > reading > in Suzanne Kemmer's _The Middle Voice_ (about which I'll have > something > more to say in a few days), this is one of a number of "grooming" > verbs > that are likely to be middle voice in any language that marks middle > forms. Thanks, Carl. I had memorized the LUW chart over 25 years ago, and since I was at home, didn't have my chart or lexicon available and had to go on memory alone (yikes). Even as I wrote the email, the QHNAI ending popped up, but it was dismissed. There, that should firmly fix it in my mind, at least for now. :) Thanks again. Paul Dixon --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu