[B-Greek] Aktionsart question

Delbert Flora delbert.flora at hotmail.com
Wed May 16 18:45:41 EDT 2007


I am reading terminology like 'inceptive' or 'iterative' or 'gnomic' as 
adjectives placed beside tenses, so that I am now learning of the Inceptive 
Imperfect or the Gnomic Aorist or the Gnomic Present.

When I saw Gnomic used with two tenses, I wondered if I had not 
misunderstood these descriptions. Are these Aktionsart terms (inceptive, 
interative, gnomic, culminative, etc.) descriptions of propositions, tenses, 
or some other part of communication? I am wondering if one might refer to a 
Gnomic proposition that can be used either in the Aorist or Present tense. 
(I've noted that interative also can cut across tense boundaries.)

Kindly,
Delbert Flora

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