Re: Can adverbs modify multiple verbs in multiple clauses?
Edgar Krentz (ekrentz@lstc.edu)
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 16:36:48 -0500
to which Carl Conrad replied:
in this instance[, where] we have both crasis (fusion of final +
>initial vowels) and elision (omission of final vowel before an initial
>vowel). Spelled out fully this would be:
>
> EIPW TI DHTA K(AI) ALL(O), hIN(A) ORGIZHi PLEON?
>
>Here I'd say that the first "more" in Grene's translation represents TI
>ALLO in the first clause ("something else"), while "more" in the second
>clause definitely does represent the Greek PLEON.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>Carl pointed out where my error occurred. I unpacked the string KALL as
>KAI ALLA, reading KAI as an adverb. I had not even considered KAI ALLO.
>This leads to a new question. I spent quite a while in Smyth #62-75
>pouring over the rules for Crasis and Elision before I posted this
>question. Is this process of unpacking a string like KALL strictly a
>matter of phonetics and orthography or is it a matter of looking at the
>context and seeing what makes sense? The rules in Smyth seemed to
>narrow down the possibilities some what but not enough to decided
>between KAI ALLA and KAI ALLO. Am I missing something obvious?
>(Wouldn't be the first time.)
All of the above. The key here was the TI, which allerts you to the need
for a neuter laer in the sentence.
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