From: Maurice Taraschi (mtaraschi@cadets.com)
Date: Fri Sep 25 1998 - 21:04:15 EDT
clayton stirling bartholomew wrote:
> Cunliffe in his Homeric lexicon uses the term ABSOLUTE in manner that I cannot
> figure out. He applies the term to TO KRHGUON in Iliad A106.
>
> My best guess is that Cunliffe means that the adjective is being used as a
> substantive but I don't have much confidence in this guess. The only other
> places I see the term used are in reference to constructions with genitive and
> accusative participles. I cannot fit this usage together with Cunliffe's usage
> so I am confused.
It is actually much simpler than all that. Absolute = using an adjective without an
accompanying noun. This is common in both Latin and Greek. (And very often in
English as well.)
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