Inceptive aorist: questionable textbook example?

Jonathan Robie (jwrobie@mindspring.com)
Mon, 30 Dec 1996 18:10:59 -0500

I have a textbook which uses the following sentence in an exercise:

hO IHSOUS hO DIDASKALOS hUPHGAGE EIS THN IOUDAIAN EREMON; TOTE EDIDAXE MET
ANQRWPWN AUTOU.

The answer key interprets the aorist EDIDAXE as an inceptive aorist: "he
began to teach". I don't understand why the aorist here should be
interpreted as inceptive. Is there a reason to do so?

Jonathan

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