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by mimi45
November 3rd, 2025, 12:47 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1
Replies: 5
Views: 56859

Re: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1

Yes, in Acts 27:1 the accusative ἡμᾶς functions as the logical subject of the genitive articular infinitive τοῦ ἀποπλεῖν, which is normal in Koine Greek. While the infinitive with its article takes the genitive due to prepositional or syntactical demand, its subject remains accusative because the in...
by mimi45
November 3rd, 2025, 12:45 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Contract verbs with η
Replies: 7
Views: 110600

Re: Contract verbs with η

In Greek contract verbs, when the personal ending begins with ῇ (the 2nd person singular middle/passive ending), the contractions follow standard vowel rules: ε + ῇ → ῇ, α + ῇ → ᾷ, and ο + ῇ → οῖ. So, ποιέω becomes ποιῇ, ἀγαπάω becomes ἀγαπᾷ, and πληρόω becomes πληροῖ, each reflecting the merger of ...

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