One more time - 5 cases

• To: nt-greek@Virginia.EDU
• Subject: One more time - 5 cases
• From: Tom Geer <GEER@acuvax.acu.edu>
• Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1992 21:28:05 -0500 (CDT)

You have reminded me kindly that there were, in fact, 8 cases in the 
earlier Indo-European languages.  Smyth suggests that they were "lost"
(that is the 3 - ablative, locative, instrumental) in Greek.  
It just seems to me that the world of Koine Greek grammars could benefit
by some clarification on this issue.  It certainly isn't earth-shaking or
anything, but there is a difficulty when the technical grammars (BDF, MHT,
and Smyth) refer to five cases, while just about every intermediate grammar
on the scene utilizes the 8.  
Tom Geer
Geer@acuvax.acu.edu

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