From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 28 1998 - 07:11:07 EST
At 4:20 AM -0600 1/28/98, Mary L B Pendergraft wrote:
>At 01:52 PM 1/27/98 +0000, clayton stirling bartholomew wrote:
>>PROSKUNHSWN appears in Acts 8:27. I had to go running to the grammars when I
>>saw this. I checked BDF 418(4), Zerwick 282, and Porter (Idioms) 192, 232.
>>
>>Porter agrees with Zerwick that in this instance of the future participle
>>(Acts 8:27) indicates movement with a purpose.
>>
>>Is this a common classical idiom? If so, what are some other ways that the
>>future participle is used in classical literature?
>>
>
>The future participle to express purpose is the most frequent use of that
>participle in Classical Greek. It's always a surprise for students coming
>from Latin.
Mary's quite right, of course. The only thing I'd add is that in classical
Attic it is more common to find a hWS preceding the future participle when
purpose in a circumstantial participle is clearly intended.
Carl W. Conrad
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