stop
John Oaklands (lnjvo@cc.newcastle.edu.au)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:59:33 -0500
Did everyone receive the "exegeting stop signs" posting from William Cox? I
thought it was very good but wondered about the connexion with Greek. So I
got to thinking which Greek word would we use for stop? Would it be KWLUW,
PAUW, KATALUW, hISTHMI, SIGAW, FRASSW or DIAKOPTW? And then there is the
other problem, which mood? imperative, subjunctive, infinitive or even
indicative? And which tense? Would it be present, aorist, imperfect,
perfect or even future?! Can we differentiate between STOP and HALT? What
would a chariot STOP sign really have said in Hellenistic Greek? I think
this might make a good exercise for some Greek students!
John