Both Smyth and Robertson use it. And I'm wondering why...
>It strikes me as more confusing than helpful. I'd rather talk about an
>adjectival as opposed to an adverbial participle and then say that an
>adjectival participle may be used either like an attributive adjective or
>like a substantive adjective, e.g. hO PISTEUWN ANHR (attribute adjective);
>hO PISTEUWN (substantive usage of an adjectival participle).
Yes, that really is clearer.
Jonathan
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