From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 17 2001 - 06:31:26 EST
At 1:52 PM +0800 11/17/01, Hirokatsu Yoshihara wrote:
>Dear list members,
>
>
>I am now working on exercises of Wenham's "The Elements of New Testament
>Greek" and have come across a problem. In Lesson 33 Exercise A-1, the
>sentence goes;
>
> OUAI, OUCI hH YUCH PLEION ESTIN THS TROFHS;
>
>My question is about PLEION. Why is this adjective used in the neuter
>form despite the fact that the other nouns ("hH YUCH" and "THS TROFHJ")
>are both feminine? A feminine form, or the nominative feminine singular
>form ("PLEIWN") should be used here, shouldn't it? If I am making a
>very simple mistake, I will apologize.
I think that in this instance the neuter (comparative) adjective is being
used because YUCH is here thought of a "a thing"--as "something of value";
your workbook sentence is derived from Mt 6:25, the Sermon on the Mount:
DIA TOUTO LEGW hUMIN: MH MERMIMNATE THi YUCHi hUMWN TI FAGHTE MHDE TWi
SWMATI hUMWN TI ENDUSHSQE. OUCI hH YUCH PLEION ESTIN THS TROFHS KAI TO SWMA
TOU ENDUMATOS?
"Isn't the soul/inner self a broader/bigger thing than nourishment and the
body a broader/bigger thing than clothing?"
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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