From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 15:57:19 EST
At 2:38 PM -0600 12/11/00, Steven R. Lo Vullo wrote:
>Hi B-Greekers:
>
>Rom 3.7: TI ETI KAGW hWS hAMARTWLOS KRINOMAI.
>
>In the above sentence, can hWS hAMARTWLOS be construed as a predicate
>nominative? The reason I ask is that sometimes passive verbs of designation
>(e.g., KALEW, LOGIZOMAI) function as copulative verbs and take a predicate
>nominative. I have found other verbs that in certain contexts do the same.
>The passive KRINOMAI above seems to fall into that category. Also, Paul uses
>hWS with the accusative to form an object complement in Rom 1.21, so I'm
>thinking it wouldn't be that unusual for him to do the same with a
>nominative verb as a predicate nominative. If I am wrong, how would you
>diagram the above construction?
I'd certainly understand this as a predicate nominative and I'd put it in
the same category as nominative with hEURISKOMAI; yes, I agree, it's really
pretty common and I think there are quite a few other verbs like this.
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