Re: Josephus parsing?

Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Mon, 3 Mar 1997 07:09:00 -0600

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At 6:40 AM -0600 3/3/97, Rod Decker wrote:
>I was reading in Josephus this morning and hesitated on the form: OLWLENAI.
>I'd say perf. act. inf. > OLLUMI? Anyone care to verify, correct, or
>explain the morphology?
>
>Text: TISI DE TWN IOUDAIWN EDOKEI OLWLENAI TON hHRWDOU STRATON... (Ant.
>18.116)

Right on the mark, Rod; there's a first perfect OLWLEKA and a second
perfect OLWLA, the source of your infinitive. One token that J is writing
Attic rather than standard Koine.

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