From: Steven Lo Vullo (doulos@merr.com)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 19:06:39 EST
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On Friday, January 25, 2002, at 05:41 PM, Mark DelCogliano wrote:
> Here is fourth century monastic text:
>
> ...YUCHN KARTWN hUPOMONHS EMPLHSQHSESQAI PROSDOKOUSAN...
>
> Does anyone have an idea why the *future* passive infinitive
> EMPLHSQHSESQAI
> is used? The text would be perfectly intelligibile with an aorist
> passive
> infinitive: "...a soul that expects to be filled with the fruits of
> patience..."
>
> Any thought? Any references I could look up?
Since no one else has yet answered, I thought I would take a stab,
though I know next to nothing about fourth century Greek. Perhaps a
lexical consideration comes into play here? Since PROSDOKAW (await,
expect) is by its very nature forward looking (we do not presently
possess what is expected/awaited) a future complementary infinitive
seems appropriate.
I did find one reference you may consult. 2 Mac 7.14 contains both
PROSDOKAW and a future infinitive, though the infinitive is not directly
related to PROSDOKAW as a supplement.
KAI GENOMENOS PROS TO TELEUTAN hOUTWS EFH hAIRETON METALLASSONTAS hUP'
ANQRWPWN TAS hUPO TOU QEOU PROSDOKAN ELPIDAS PALIN ANASTHSESQAI hUP'
AUTOU.
It looks like ANASTHSESQAI is an epexegetical infinitive modifying
TAS ... ELPIDAS ("the promises[?] of being raised again"), which is the
direct object of PROSDOKAN (present active infinitive). However, "the
promises[?] of being raised again by him" are what the speaker "waits
for/expects," and I think this fits with the explanation I offered
above, i.e., it illustrates the forward-looking nature of PROSDOKAW.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI
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