[B-Greek] Middle sense for separate Passive form

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Mar 22 11:26:14 EST 2007


On Mar 22, 2007, at 10:15 AM, James Ernest wrote:

>
> Carl,
>> From your recent post to the list:
>
> <snip>
> "first" perfects in -KA (e.g. OLWLEKA, hESTHKA) are older than  
> "second"
> perfects (e.g. OLWLA, hESTAA),
> <snip>
>
> Is that a slip, or did you really mean that in this case, unlike the
> others, the "first" form is older than the "second"?

It was a slip. It should read that "first" perfects in -KA (e.g.  
OLWLEKA, hESTHKA) are later than "first" perfects (e.g. OLWLA, hESTAA).


Carl W. Conrad
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